7 Steps to stop your Refrigerator or Freezer from being too much condensation
Do you have to regularly clean the puddles at the bottom of the leaking Refrigerators or Freezers? If your Machine starts to produce too much condensation, it can be both annoying and unhygienic. It’s also not a pleasant thing to take food out of the Cabinets and find the wrapper soaked in water. This leaves you with a cleaning job to do.
There are several reasons that can cause this problem while some cases are more common than others. Kindly read and learn techniques that you can use to reduce the amount of condensation in your Cabinets effectively. Please follow the below 7 steps of reducing condensation.
1. Wait for the food to cool down
Frequently the humidity and condensation in your Refrigerator or Freezer are caused by hot weather. When we’re going to putting freshly cooked food in the Cabinets, many people make the mistake of not letting the food cool before storing it in the Cabinets.
Make sure to keep hot air out of the Machines at all times to prevent condensation being flowed through.
2. Repair or Change the broken door seal of your Refrigerator or Freezer.
Another easy way to allow hot air to enter into your Refrigerator or Freezer is to not repair or changing the broken seals. Sometimes a damaged door seal may not be visible to the naked eye as a slight dent, tear, or tear is enough to allow hot air to enter the machine and bring the cool air being produced into the room in the opposite direction.
To test if your seal is defective by placing a sheet or paper between door seal and then closed and if you shall be able to remove it once it’s already closed, it indicates that your seal is too loose and should be the cause of cool air leakage.
3. Check the temperature settings.
Whenever you notice condensation in the Refrigerator or Freezer, check the temperature settings of the Machines regularly. This is the easiest problem of Cabinets to be fixed when condensation occurs.
From the information of the Food Standards Agency, the appropriate temperature of Refrigerator or Freezer should be below 5°C. Higher temperatures shall make your Cabinets at risk for the spread of bacteria and condensation.
4. Do not leave the Refrigerator or Freezer door opened.
Whenever you use the Refrigerator or Freezer, always check that the door seal is tight when closed. As well as broken seals if you leave the machines door opened you will let hot air circulating inside the Cabinets and cause the condensation inside the Machines.
5. The drain tray is damaged.
Over the time, the drain tray in the Refrigerator or Freezer may damage or malfunction, causing excessive condensation depending on the age of your Machines.
This problem is not easy to solve on your own. Instead, you may need to invest in quality repair services to fix this annoying issue.
6. Keep the Refrigerator or Freezer upright.
Have you ever looked at your Refrigerator or Freezer a second time and noticed it snapped into place? If it’s the case, then this may be the reason why you are experiencing condensation inside the Machines.
When the Machine is not upright, it may not be able to drain effectively and cause condensation.
7. Check the drainage functionality of the Refrigerator or Freezer
If you notice that there is more water in the Refrigerator or Freezer than usual. This indicates that there may be a problem with the operation of the drain. Your drain may be clogged with loose food. So, if it can’t be fixed, your Machines will not drain accordingly. Just cleaning your drain should solve this problem.
If you are having trouble with puddles in the Machines, it may not always cause condensation. You may have a problem with the Machine’s defrosting mechanism and need the help of a professional repair service.