How to fix ice buildup at bottom of your freezer?

Adnan Strujic
5 min readMay 3, 2020

How to fix ice buildup at bottom of your self defrosting freezer

Frozen drainage of self defrosting freezer
Frozen drainage of self defrosting freezer

Few weeks ago I noticed ice buildup at bottom of my self-defrosting freezer, my freezer. It was nothing dramatic at first, but there were more and more ice over time, and I ended up having to clean it every few days

Ice puddle at bottom of freezer
Ice puddle at bottom of freezer

As it happened during COVID-19 isolation, I couldn’t really call repair man, and given that it was out of warranty I decided to open it up and try to fix it myself.

WARNING: As always when you are dealing with electric appliances, you should make sure that they are un-plugged before opening them up. Always stay away from large capacitors which can retain electricity for very long time, and can have enough charge, to seriously injure or kill you. If unsure, or don’t know what you are doing, it’s better to be patient and called trained professional, rather than risk injury or permanently damaging appliance. In my case I didn’t really have much to lose as I was already out of warranty.

To begin with I started by opening up back panel.

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Adnan Strujic

IT professional with over 20 years of experience in the field with great passion for technology, space exploration and science fiction.