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A Fort Myers restaurant called us after employees kept finding water underneath food pans inside their commercial refrigerator.
The refrigerator was still cooling, and there was no large puddle underneath the unit. Staff would wipe the cabinet dry, but the water returned later in the day.
That detail was important. When water keeps appearing inside a commercial refrigerator, the refrigeration system itself may be working normally while the condensate drainage system is not.
I removed the lower panels and inspected the evaporator area, drain opening, drain line, and pan.
The evaporator was producing normal condensation, but the drain was partially restricted with debris. Instead of flowing away from the coil, water was backing up beneath the evaporator and slowly spilling into the refrigerated compartment.
I also checked for ice around the drain opening because a frozen drain can create the same symptom. In this case, the main problem was the blockage rather than a refrigeration leak.
I cleared the obstruction, flushed the drain line, cleaned the drain pan, and checked the entire path to make sure water was leaving the cabinet correctly.
I also inspected the evaporator coil and verified the defrost cycle to make sure another problem was not causing excessive water or ice.
After several operating cycles, the drain remained clear and no more water collected inside the refrigerator.
A blocked drain does not always affect cabinet temperature right away.
The refrigerator may still hold temperature while staff notices:
Because the refrigerator is still cold, these symptoms are sometimes ignored for days.
That can eventually create sanitation problems, corrosion, damaged electrical connections, or water reaching stored product.
Commercial Appliance Repair and Refrigeration provides commercial refrigerator repair in Fort Myers for restaurants, cafés, bars, hotels, markets, and commercial kitchens.
We diagnose drain problems, cooling failures, fan motors, compressors, temperature controls, defrost systems, electrical faults, and other commercial refrigeration problems.
If water keeps returning inside your refrigerator after the cabinet has been cleaned, the source needs to be found—not just wiped away.
Contact us for commercial refrigeration repair in Fort Myers before a small drainage problem creates a bigger equipment or food-storage issue.
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