Do these appliances require any kind of provision to be made for
condensate drainage in normal operation? If not, how do they get rid of
the frost?

On 12/01/2017 18:58, Chris wrote:
Do these appliances require any kind of provision to be made for
condensate drainage in normal operation? If not, how do they get rid of
the frost?

Dribble it into a little tray on top of the warm pump to evaporate?
There's not enough to require a proper drain, and there's enough spare
heat in the pump to take care of it.

Clive George wrote:
On 12/01/2017 18:58, Chris wrote:
Do these appliances require any kind of provision to be made for
condensate drainage in normal operation? If not, how do they get rid
of the frost?

Dribble it into a little tray on top of the warm pump to evaporate?
There's not enough to require a proper drain, and there's enough spare
heat in the pump to take care of it.

Yup: The water drains into a tray on top of the compressor and evaporates.
Best not to buy one though.
I can't remember a fridge problem here that has not involved a frost free
appliance.

On Thu, 12 Jan 2017 19:17:00 -0000, Mr Pounder Esquire wrote:

Clive George wrote:
On 12/01/2017 18:58, Chris wrote:
Do these appliances require any kind of provision to be made for
condensate drainage in normal operation? If not, how do they get rid
of the frost?

Dribble it into a little tray on top of the warm pump to evaporate?
There's not enough to require a proper drain, and there's enough spare
heat in the pump to take care of it.

Yup: The water drains into a tray on top of the compressor and evaporates.
Best not to buy one though.
I can't remember a fridge problem here that has not involved a frost free
appliance.

If the fridge is not perfectly horizontal, badly designed (Hotpoint) ones can overflow before they fill.

--
For this race I'm going to be using "beati dogu". Japanese for the ancient art of driving a sports car round a track faster than a greyhound. -- Richard Hammond

James Wilkinson Sword wrote:
On Thu, 12 Jan 2017 19:17:00 -0000, Mr Pounder Esquire
wrote:
Clive George wrote:
On 12/01/2017 18:58, Chris wrote:
Do these appliances require any kind of provision to be made for
condensate drainage in normal operation? If not, how do they get
rid of the frost?

Dribble it into a little tray on top of the warm pump to evaporate?
There's not enough to require a proper drain, and there's enough
spare heat in the pump to take care of it.

Yup: The water drains into a tray on top of the compressor and
evaporates. Best not to buy one though.
I can't remember a fridge problem here that has not involved a frost
free appliance.

If the fridge is not perfectly horizontal, badly designed (Hotpoint)
ones can overflow before they fill.

They do not need to be "perfectly horizontal". Most are not.
Is yours?

On Thu, 12 Jan 2017 19:33:33 -0000, Mr Pounder Esquire wrote:

James Wilkinson Sword wrote:
On Thu, 12 Jan 2017 19:17:00 -0000, Mr Pounder Esquire
wrote:
Clive George wrote:
On 12/01/2017 18:58, Chris wrote:
Do these appliances require any kind of provision to be made for
condensate drainage in normal operation? If not, how do they get
rid of the frost?

Dribble it into a little tray on top of the warm pump to evaporate?
There's not enough to require a proper drain, and there's enough
spare heat in the pump to take care of it.

Yup: The water drains into a tray on top of the compressor and
evaporates. Best not to buy one though.
I can't remember a fridge problem here that has not involved a frost
free appliance.

If the fridge is not perfectly horizontal, badly designed (Hotpoint)
ones can overflow before they fill.

They do not need to be "perfectly horizontal". Most are not.
Is yours?

Most are fine, but I've seen one with a shoddily designed tray which did have to be very level. I redesigned it a little.

--
A young teenager comes home from school and asks her mother, "Is it true what Rita just told me? That babies come out of the same place where boys put their thingies?"
"Yes, dear," replies her mother, pleased that the subject had finally come up and she wouldn't have to explain it.
"But then when I have a baby, won't it knock my teeth out?"

On 12/01/2017 19:23, James Wilkinson Sword wrote:
On Thu, 12 Jan 2017 19:17:00 -0000, Mr Pounder Esquire
wrote:

Clive George wrote:
On 12/01/2017 18:58, Chris wrote:
Do these appliances require any kind of provision to be made for
condensate drainage in normal operation? If not, how do they get rid
of the frost?

Dribble it into a little tray on top of the warm pump to evaporate?
There's not enough to require a proper drain, and there's enough spare
heat in the pump to take care of it.

Yup: The water drains into a tray on top of the compressor and
evaporates.
Best not to buy one though.
I can't remember a fridge problem here that has not involved a frost free
appliance.

If the fridge is not perfectly horizontal, badly designed (Hotpoint)
ones can overflow before they fill.

We've had a frost free fridge freezer since feb 2004, it's been
fault free. It's a Servis.

On Thu, 12 Jan 2017 20:00:54 -0000, Bod wrote:

On 12/01/2017 19:23, James Wilkinson Sword wrote:
On Thu, 12 Jan 2017 19:17:00 -0000, Mr Pounder Esquire
wrote:

Clive George wrote:
On 12/01/2017 18:58, Chris wrote:
Do these appliances require any kind of provision to be made for
condensate drainage in normal operation? If not, how do they get rid
of the frost?

Dribble it into a little tray on top of the warm pump to evaporate?
There's not enough to require a proper drain, and there's enough spare
heat in the pump to take care of it.

Yup: The water drains into a tray on top of the compressor and
evaporates.
Best not to buy one though.
I can't remember a fridge problem here that has not involved a frost free
appliance.

If the fridge is not perfectly horizontal, badly designed (Hotpoint)
ones can overflow before they fill.

We've had a frost free fridge freezer since feb 2004, it's been
fault free. It's a Servis.

So better than Hotpoint then.

--
What's the fastest thing in Wales?
A virgin sheep.

Bod submitted this idea :
On 12/01/2017 19:23, James Wilkinson Sword wrote:
On Thu, 12 Jan 2017 19:17:00 -0000, Mr Pounder Esquire
wrote:

Clive George wrote:
On 12/01/2017 18:58, Chris wrote:
Do these appliances require any kind of provision to be made for
condensate drainage in normal operation? If not, how do they get rid
of the frost?

Dribble it into a little tray on top of the warm pump to evaporate?
There's not enough to require a proper drain, and there's enough spare
heat in the pump to take care of it.

Yup: The water drains into a tray on top of the compressor and
evaporates.
Best not to buy one though.
I can't remember a fridge problem here that has not involved a frost free
appliance.

If the fridge is not perfectly horizontal, badly designed (Hotpoint)
ones can overflow before they fill.

We've had a frost free fridge freezer since feb 2004, it's been
fault free. It's a Servis.

I have known the drain through to the back to become choked up on ours.
Other than that - no problems.

"James Wilkinson Sword" wrote in message
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On Thu, 12 Jan 2017 19:17:00 -0000, Mr Pounder Esquire
wrote:

Clive George wrote:
On 12/01/2017 18:58, Chris wrote:
Do these appliances require any kind of provision to be made for
condensate drainage in normal operation? If not, how do they get rid
of the frost?

Dribble it into a little tray on top of the warm pump to evaporate?
There's not enough to require a proper drain, and there's enough spare
heat in the pump to take care of it.

Yup: The water drains into a tray on top of the compressor and
evaporates.
Best not to buy one though.
I can't remember a fridge problem here that has not involved a frost free
appliance.

If the fridge is not perfectly horizontal, badly designed (Hotpoint) ones
can overflow before they fill.

Doesn't have to be perfectly horizontal, just roughly horizontal.

--
For this race I'm going to be using "beati dogu". Japanese for the ancient
art of driving a sports car round a track faster than a greyhound. --
Richard Hammond

Yup: The water drains into a tray on top of the compressor and
evaporates. Best not to buy one though.
I can't remember a fridge problem here that has not involved a frost
free appliance.

If the fridge is not perfectly horizontal, badly designed (Hotpoint)
ones can overflow before they fill.

No ****! VBG


Biggest problem is the timer that turns on a heater.The timer can fail - or
excessive frost can overwhelm the heater and then the fan can jam up.

"Mr Pounder Esquire" wrote in message
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Clive George wrote:
On 12/01/2017 18:58, Chris wrote:
Do these appliances require any kind of provision to be made for
condensate drainage in normal operation? If not, how do they get rid
of the frost?

Dribble it into a little tray on top of the warm pump to evaporate?
There's not enough to require a proper drain, and there's enough spare
heat in the pump to take care of it.

Yup: The water drains into a tray on top of the compressor and evaporates.
Best not to buy one though.

I can't remember a fridge problem here that has not involved a frost free
appliance.

Because hardly anyone is silly enough to not have a frost free fridge and
freezer anymore.

Chris wrote

Do these appliances require any kind of provision to be
made for condensate drainage in normal operation?

Nope.

If not, how do they get rid of the frost?

It melts into a container above the compressor where
it evaporates using the heat from the compressor.

In very humid weather you sometimes hear a bit of
burbling when you close the door when the water
level in that container is higher than the end of the
pipe that puts the water into the container, but
the only time you ever see any on the floor is
when you move the fridge/freezer around and
tilt it too far so the container spills a little.