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Old 09-29-2020, 07:24 PM   #1
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Water pooling in the bottom of 27fb 2015 Flying Cloud refrigerator...

Our 2015 FC Dometic fridge has begun pooling water in the bottom under the fresh food boxes at times and wonder if anyone has had this problem. What is causing that and how can we fix it? Thanks for any advice.
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Old 09-29-2020, 08:33 PM   #2
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Is that a 3-way fridge? I haven’t
experienced this problem in an airstream fridge but my spare basement 125v fridge did. It turned out to be a condensation drain line clog. Likely caused by ice. I unplugged/ turned off the fridge for 24hrs and then ran a section of copper wire up the condensation drain line. You may be able to fix the problem by allowing the fridge to fully defrost. Is there an access to the rear of your fridge?
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Old 09-29-2020, 11:10 PM   #3
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Our 2015 FC Dometic fridge has begun pooling water in the bottom under the fresh food boxes at times and wonder if anyone has had this problem. What is causing that and how can we fix it? Thanks for any advice.


Mine does the same thing! I would love to know this too. I keep a shamwow under the trays, wring it out before I travel, and wash it when I do wash. For now it works as a temp fix but I would rather just get it fixed.
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Old 09-30-2020, 05:19 AM   #4
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I bet the cooling fins are dripping water like it should into the tray but the drain or hose is blocked and not dripping out like it should.

Open the fridge door on outside, see that hose that comes off of fridge and goes thru the floor to drip the water outside like it should.

Look for debris in the bottom of the drip tray and roll up your sleeves.
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I had the same problem in my 25’ Flying Cloud. I found that the outlet nipple on the drip tray was not long/deep enough to carry the water far enough into the drain tube. so it was back flowing and dripping down the back of the fridge and puddling at the bottom under the draws. So I added a few inches of clear tubing onto the drain tray nipple to carry the water farther into the drain tube. And it worked. No more puddles.
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Old 09-30-2020, 01:22 PM   #6
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Great Idea!

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I had the same problem in my 25’ Flying Cloud. I found that the outlet nipple on the drip tray was not long/deep enough to carry the water far enough into the drain tube. so it was back flowing and dripping down the back of the fridge and puddling at the bottom under the draws. So I added a few inches of clear tubing onto the drain tray nipple to carry the water farther into the drain tube. And it worked. No more puddles.
Nice fix! Thank you!
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Old 10-10-2020, 10:37 PM   #7
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Nice fix! Thank you!


After you posted this I checked my leaky fridge and that is the problem with mine too! I swear I heard angels sing when I read your response to the post. Yes! A good fix! THANK YOU!
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Old 11-06-2020, 06:39 AM   #8
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Agree, tubing fix is great idea to easily compensate for a poor design. I was just troubleshooting mine yesterday for same issue. Water drains out of tray into a horizontal pipe that should be angled, then on mine, it feels like the flexible drain tube curves slightly upward where it joins the horizontal pipe before it turns down. Can't wait to try this today. Thanks for posting this tip.
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Old 11-06-2020, 06:43 AM   #9
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What KellyRice said. My fix was just to seal it with a little butyl tape.
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Old 11-07-2020, 01:10 PM   #10
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Added the 1/4"ID tubing today and it works great. First time water has drained to the outside since owning. I poured water in to the tray to test and not a drop ran back into fridge.
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Added the 1/4"ID tubing today and it works great. First time water has drained to the outside since owning. I poured water in to the tray to test and not a drop ran back into fridge.

You used 1/4" not 1/2" as others have written? How difficult is it to get the hose into this "fat" gasket. (note: my hose is rotting and I need a new one, in the works). Click image for larger version

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I attached maybe 3 inches if 1/4" tubing to the tray drain spout. That 1/4" tubing fit inside the existing drain hole/tube in the fridge and contains the water until it clears the horizontal section, the it flows down the original drain tube the rest of the way.
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