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Default We have a leak over flowing drip tray and the center strip is hotto touch!

On Wednesday, September 11, 2013 11:02:37 PM UTC-4, wrote:
How about a make, model number, when this started, etc!!!!


With regard to the area between
the doors being hot, I seem to recall that refrigerator
designers route the hot compressor refrigerant past there on
it's way to the condenser to prevent condensation on the
outside area during periods of high humidity.

Perhaps they never noticed it before, or the refrigerator
is running more than normal due to some problem.

The drip seems to be coming from the tray used to evaporate
water from the auto-defrost? Not sure how they work today.
Long ago they used to use a small heating element to heat
the water so it would evaporate. Would seem to be 3 possible
ways you could get a drip:

It's leaking from a hole, the hose, etc

A lot more than normal water is going in there so it
can't handle it.

Whatever is supposed to evaporate it isn't working, so
it keeps accumulating and runs over.