How to dry wet refrigerator insulation
#1
11-30-21, 08:19 PM
How to dry wet refrigerator insulation
I posted a question about the same refrigerator a year ago. Instead of resurrecting an old thread, I am posting a different question (just the same refrigerator).
When the freezer drain tube (of this bottom freezer unit) froze, I unplugged the unit. All day water dripped from the bottom (multiple locations) to the floor. I asked a refrigerator repair man. He said it is expected. Insulation becomes saturated with water after years of use (and my refrigerator is 30 years old)
I would like to dry off the insulation, especially the freezer insulation. My plan is to place heating pads in the freezer (and cover them up with towels) to get the inside shell warm. If I keep doing this a week (or even a month), will the insulation eventually dry off?
Thank you.
PS: I know this is an old unit and needs to go eventually. But wife likes the built-in unit because it has the same panel as the surrounding cabinets.
When the freezer drain tube (of this bottom freezer unit) froze, I unplugged the unit. All day water dripped from the bottom (multiple locations) to the floor. I asked a refrigerator repair man. He said it is expected. Insulation becomes saturated with water after years of use (and my refrigerator is 30 years old)
I would like to dry off the insulation, especially the freezer insulation. My plan is to place heating pads in the freezer (and cover them up with towels) to get the inside shell warm. If I keep doing this a week (or even a month), will the insulation eventually dry off?
Thank you.
PS: I know this is an old unit and needs to go eventually. But wife likes the built-in unit because it has the same panel as the surrounding cabinets.
#2
12-01-21, 02:10 AM
Member
water dripped from the bottom (multiple locations) to the floor. I asked a refrigerator repair man. He said it is expected. Insulation becomes saturated with water after years of use
#3
12-01-21, 04:43 AM
Group Moderator
Refrigerators use rigid foam insulation. There is no way to dry it out. It will very slowly dry over time but there isn't anything you can do to speed the process since the insulation is totally enclosed.
#4
12-01-21, 11:16 AM
Group Moderator
If you have an electric heater..... allow it blow inside the unit. Place it towards the bottom so the heat rises. Water inside the walls will drain out and evaporate fairly quickly with a little heat. Be careful blowing the heat directly on plastic walls so they don't melt. The walls can get warm.... inside and out.... just don't melt the plastic shell.
