Why Is My Refrigerator Not Dry Inside?

[jyl]

As I may have mentioned before, we bought a new refrigerator a couple months ago. It is a commercial True that is all refrigerator (we use the basement freezer for frozen stuff). I'm very happy with it, but there is something I'd like explained to me.

In the past, I've always found refrigerators to be dry places - very low humidity. Set a tray of rice inside, the next day it is dried enough to make fried rice, etc.

This refrigerator is not dry - it isn't dripping inside, but just not especially dry. The covered plastic bins that I use for veg and meat are damp inside.

Why is this refrigerator different from my past experience?

[dipso]

We just had the same problem. On ours, the condensation forms on the back wall, then runs down to a shelf just above and behind the vegetable compartments. From there it drains through a little hole and down onto the condenser or something and evaporates.

The little hole was plugged and the water was overflowing into our trays.
Yours might be doing something similar.

Look in your manual, under trouble shooting, if you still have it.

[romad]

Refrigerator only run a lower capacity evaporator(warmer). A refrigerator/freezer dehums by collecting moisture on the freezer evap as ice. If you have alot of daily door openings and humidity is high like this summer you will have condensation issues. Make sure you have no door gasket leaks and the door is not being left open.

[jyl]

Ah, okay. Thanks! I'll check the drip tray and gaskets.

[azasadny]

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