On 2 Apr 2006 09:21:00 -0700, "Arnold Howard"
wrote:

Water collects in my Whirlpool refrigerator (Model ET18GKXGN01). The
water seeps into the vegetable drawers and bottom of the refrigerator.

I turned off the water supply valve to the ice maker thinking a leak in
the system was the source of the water. However, that didn't solve the
problem.

Thanks in advance for your suggestions.

There is a drain tube from the freezer to a pan underneath the fridge.
It's purpose is to remove water resulting from the auto-defrost cycle.
Sometimes this tube gets plugged with "stuff" causing the water to
back up and leak down into the fridge compartment. Common cause for
the symptom you are seeing. Empty the freezer, find the drain, and
try pouring a bit of boiling water down it to clear it. Don't pour too
much or you will overflow the pan underneath.

BTW, the water that ends up in the pan underneath just evaporates.

HTH,

Paul