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Auseo KS Series Refrigerator is the scope of this page, and on it water turning up where it should not points first at the ice maker fill tube or its seal. Where the brand-generic article leads on the water supply line, its fitting or the inlet valve, this roster reverses the top two — the first check is the one you can reach on these cabinets without a teardown. All 4 of the causes below can at least be narrowed down without a tool, which is unusual and worth taking advantage of.
What you actually see
- Sweating on the outside of the cabinet or its frame — Warm moist room air meeting a cold surface, which is a gasket and a humidity question.
- A pool of water on the floor at the front — Water that has run right through the cabinet, which usually means the drain rather than the supply.
- Water running down the inside of the back wall — The drain behind the panel is blocked and the meltwater is finding another way out.
- The floor is wet only when the kitchen is humid — Condensation rather than meltwater, and the cure is ventilation rather than a repair.
- Water started after the cabinet was pushed back into place — A pan knocked askew or a line pinched behind the cabinet are both consequences of that one action.
- NEAR MISS — the cabinet is also warm inside — A cooling fault outranks a leak, and it is covered on its own page.
Causes, most likely first on the KS series
- The ice maker fill tube or its seal — Intermittent, small and tied to the ice cycle. If switching the ice maker off stops the water, the search is over.
- A door seal letting warm damp air in — It is slow, it is quiet and it looks like a mystery until you find the one stretch of seal that no longer drags on a sheet of paper.
- The water supply line, its fitting or the inlet valve — Anything fed from the household supply can flood rather than drip, which is why this one gets checked and shut off first even though the drain is more common.
- Humid loading and open-door habits — Not a fault, but it is what tips a marginal gasket or a partly blocked drain over into a visible puddle.
The order to work in
- Look for the timing: constant, daily, or only after a defrost — Timed water is the drain. Constant water is the supply. That one distinction sorts most of this list.
- Decide first whether the water is clean and cold or is meltwater — A supply leak needs the water shut off immediately. Meltwater can wait until you have read the rest of the list.
- Clear the freezer floor and look for a lens of ice — Ice on the floor of the compartment is a blocked drain until proved otherwise.
- Check level and the door seal in the same pass — They are both free, both quick, and each decides where water goes even when neither caused it.
- Switch the ice maker off for a couple of days if there is one — It is the cheapest way to eliminate a fill-side leak without taking anything apart.
Before you open anything
Safety
Unplug the appliance or switch off its breaker before removing any panel. A capacitor can hold a charge after the power is off. Never chip ice off a compartment wall with anything metal. The evaporator is close behind that surface and a pierced one ends the cabinet. If at any point a check would mean holding a part shut, propping a switch or running the machine open, stop: that is the point where this page ends.
Models in the KS family
Reference| Model number | Family key |
|---|---|
| KS-35F | auseo:refrigerator:ks |
| KS-40R | auseo:refrigerator:ks |
When to call a technician
Treat the boundary this way: what you can see, reach and clear with the machine isolated is owner work; anything on the sealed system, and anything needing a reading rather than an observation is not. On this page that puts anything behind a fixed panel on the far side of the line.
Other problems covered for the KS series
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