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The first question on this roster is whether the water is inside the cabinet, under it, or behind it — each answer leads somewhere different. Defrost water is supposed to run down a channel, through a tube and into a pan over the compressor; block any part of that and it goes somewhere else. Deal with a supply leak the same day. A drain blockage can wait a weekend. The table above is the boundary of this page: if your rating plate is not on it, you are on the wrong family.
What owners report
- Ice on the floor of the freezer under the drawer — The drain frozen a stage earlier: the water refroze before it could leave the compartment.
- Water appears only after the icemaker fills — Points at the fill tube, the tray or the connection to it rather than at the defrost side.
- The drain pan at the back is full or overflowing — Normal for the pan to hold water; not normal for it to overflow, which means more water than the airflow can evaporate.
- A damp patch appears and dries between uses — Small volumes arriving on a defrost cycle. That timing points at the drain rather than at anything plumbed.
- NEAR MISS — the cabinet is also warm — Then the leak is secondary to an airflow problem and the cooling page for this family is where to start.
Causes, most likely first on this roster
- Defrost drain blocked with ice or debris — Top of the list and not close. The drain entry sits at the coldest point in the cabinet, so a slow drain becomes a frozen one, and a season of food debris finishes the job.
- Drain pan displaced, cracked or overfull — Second. The pan is meant to sit over the compressor and evaporate what it receives; knocked out of position, it simply pours it onto the floor instead.
- Cabinet not level, tipping water the wrong way — The drain channel relies on gravity. A cabinet that leans forward sends condensate into the compartment instead of down the tube, and levelling it is a complete fix.
- Supply line, fitting or inlet valve leaking — Bottom by frequency and top by urgency. This is the only water on the page that is connected to a main, which means it does not stop when the cycle does.
Work in this sequence
- Establish whether the water is inside the liner or on the floor — Inside means condensate and the drain; outside at the back means supply. This single observation halves the list.
- Pull the crisper drawers and look at the liner beneath them — Standing water there is the blocked drain, confirmed, and it is the commonest finding on this page.
- Look behind the cabinet at the supply fitting and the tap — Do this early despite it being the least likely: a mains leak is the only one here that gets worse while you think about it.
- Dry everything, then look again after one defrost cycle — Establishes whether the water arrives on a schedule, which separates the drain from everything else.
Before you open anything
Safety
Before any panel comes off, take the power away at the plug or at the breaker. A capacitor can hold a charge after the power is off, which is why the order is isolate first and open second.
Models in the ABR family — These listings are what this page covers, and the boundary of what it claims.
Reference| Model number | Family key |
|---|---|
| ABR151BLSS | avallon:refrigerator:abr |
| ABR151SG** | avallon:refrigerator:abr |
| ABR152BLSS | avallon:refrigerator:abr |
| ABR152SG | avallon:refrigerator:abr |
| ABR152SG** | avallon:refrigerator:abr |
| ABR15PGA2A | avallon:refrigerator:abr |
| ABR15PSA2A | avallon:refrigerator:abr |
| ABR15SGA2A | avallon:refrigerator:abr |
| ABR241BLSS | avallon:refrigerator:abr |
| ABR241SG** | avallon:refrigerator:abr |
| ABR242BLSS | avallon:refrigerator:abr |
| ABR242PRG | avallon:refrigerator:abr |
| ABR242PRG** | avallon:refrigerator:abr |
| ABR242PRS | avallon:refrigerator:abr |
| ABR242PRS** | avallon:refrigerator:abr |
| ABR242SG | avallon:refrigerator:abr |
| ABR242SG** | avallon:refrigerator:abr |
| ABR24PGA2A | avallon:refrigerator:abr |
| ABR24PSA2A | avallon:refrigerator:abr |
| ABR24SGA2A | avallon:refrigerator:abr |
Where the owner line is
Stop when the water is warm, or when it has any colour to it. Condensate is cold and clean; anything else came from somewhere it should not have, and that is worth having looked at rather than mopped up.
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