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Re: Beko TLA 6018 not evaporating drip tray.

Nope – heating cranked up working well. House still has RH 0f 54{e5d1b7155a01ef1f3b9c9968eaba33524ee81600d00d4be2b4d93ac2e58cec2d}. Heating down = poor evaporation. Heating wound up = evaporation.

Problem is RH. Every time it rains the fields around us fill up like ponds. Cant do much about that till we have a summer.

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Re: Beko TLA 6018 not evaporating drip tray.

Thanks – it does appear that the door cannot be pushed back into shape as you could if it were warped diagonally.

I have found the door assembly for £27 + del and will buy a new handle at the same time as it snapped in half a few weeks ago.

I may wait to see how my silicon seal mod works out to save a few bob.

Thanks for all advice.

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Re: Beko TLA 6018 not evaporating drip tray.

Update:

Have resealed the whole of the top of the door seal to the body of the door with clear silicon. For now the drip tray is dry. I think the water in the tray is a result of a leaky seal (RH today is 47{e5d1b7155a01ef1f3b9c9968eaba33524ee81600d00d4be2b4d93ac2e58cec2d} @ 18.7degC so not much change there).

So – most of the door fits squarely to the fridge BUT the top of the fridge door bows outward as you look across the top of the door such that the seal (when fitted correctly) cannot meet the fridge in the centre of the door. Hence I have pulled the seal out and packed silicon behind it to ensure a good seal.

Can anyone tell me how to adjust the fridge door (undo the warp) or has it always been like that?

Would buying a new door (£27+del) put me out of my misery and solve this for good?

Thanks in advance.

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Re: Beko TLA 6018 not evaporating drip tray.

RH 52{e5d1b7155a01ef1f3b9c9968eaba33524ee81600d00d4be2b4d93ac2e58cec2d} at 19degC today.

Fridge drip tray level same today as last night.

Thanks

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Re: Beko TLA 6018 not evaporating drip tray.

‘do you keep salads/fruit/open liquids in the fridge?’

Salad – in the salad crisper. No open liquids in fridge.

Thanks for the explanation re the condensor heat.

I do like the idea of the felt since the first evaporation chamber is domed and without my mod’d barriers the water sits at the lowest part of this domed section and when is breaches the first barrier it moves to the next compartment (away from the compressor). I think a little help like the felt will increase the surface area on the domed section and will help greatly.

I dont understand why now after 3 years. I suspect RH is on the edge. It was 76{e5d1b7155a01ef1f3b9c9968eaba33524ee81600d00d4be2b4d93ac2e58cec2d} last week. Now that it is 50{e5d1b7155a01ef1f3b9c9968eaba33524ee81600d00d4be2b4d93ac2e58cec2d} things are getting better. I also siliconed the top of the door seal as the door is warped.

When we had to replace the kitchen floor last year I remember there being some water in the tray which I emptied along with all the fluff blocking the drainage channels in the tray. Bear in mind we had knee high water in the street last year during the floods (+under house) and a lot of rain this year. Hence RH is high.

Thanks – for your help.

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Re: Beko TLA 6018 not evaporating drip tray.

Thanks for info.

I believe the fridge is well sealed. We cook with lids, reasonable large kitchen. Kitchen RH and temp figs accurate and MIN MAX only slight deviation. Fridge MIN MAX is between 4.9 and 7.6 degC.

I have tried a modification to the drip tray. The tray itself has separate areas which are divided by internal walls with lower areas to allow water to gradually fill up the tray when the previous segment has water in it. Dont know if that will make sense?? Hope so. I raised the level of the first barrier (dam) therefore keeping more of the water in the first segment (the one above the compressor). My theory is that as the water disperses into the other areas that it doesn’t evaporate from them since these areas are outwith the compressor’s footprint. Therefore the heat the compressor generates does not heat the water at the extremities of the drip tray. I have just checked the level 24 hours after making the mod and the water build up looks normal (I hope) indicating that some evaporation is occurring. I won’t count my hens for another week though.

I have tried a de-humidifier next to the fridge for a few days but no effect. Water build up inside the fridge at guess is normal.

I like the thought about the felt – will try.

Can anyone tell me how hot the compressor should get at the end of a running cycle?

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