Fridge Freezer repair - I hate you ice and Bosch

[Ray Singh]

I have a Bosch Fridge Freezer and the Fridge part has started to gather water all over the bottom of the inside. I had a quick look at it and it seems that a drain at the back was blocked and full of mould. Some strimmer line and bleach and all was well, but I noticed that this hole actually opens up to the rear of the fridge freezer into an open channel and down into a tray that vents to.....well.....no where.

The freezer gathers lots of ice on the bottom and it is supposed to be frost free. The unit is 10 years old. But I haven't the money for a new one just now.

I took out all of the ice, but cannot work out where the water is supposed to go?

Some pictures:

The freezer section:


Close up the drain that is totally blocked....I have tried warm water and strimmer line down here, but its sealed.... Is it supposed to be a drain?


and this unit on top of the compressor was full of water and pond life?


Any advise or help on how to fix this? Should water run down that drain and where should it go afterwards?

[kazste]

Our freezer was having problems as ice was building up on the metal frame which cools, sorry unsure of the correct name. Cause was the heater had stopped which had caused the de icing cycle to stop creating a build up of ice.

Not sure if this is the same problem but posted just in case.

[Laurel Green]

Home Cinema and Hi-Fi?

I think the water in the tray is supposed to be heated/evaporated by the compressor below it.

[TooLateForAName]

the drain should drain into the tray.

The tray then acts as an experimental evolution testbed as many interesting moulds grow on it.

At intervals strange liquids will appear under the fridge.

I now regard bosch as crap.

[hairyben]

Evaporating drain water via the radiator is a design staple common to most fridge/freezer brands. It evan increases the efficiency of said radiator in a small way... Without it you'd need either a collection bucket to empty regularly or it be plumbed into the household waste.

You don't need a new fridge, you just need to read the instruction book, keeping the drainway clear is basic maintenance. If after ten years of fridge ownership you've only just discovered there's a drainpipe this may explain a lot. Trouble is today we're a "why check the tyres/oil etc, isn't there a light on the dashboard for that, somebody else should have considered my negligence" society. (no offence we all do it, children of the cheap disposable non-serviceable product society I guess.)

[Simpo Two]

Laurel Green said:

I think the water in the tray is supposed to be heated/evaporated by the compressor below it.

This.

The frost-free part may have packed up but it's not beyond the wit of man to defrost a freezer every now and then.