rain in frig compartment
Has anyone had it rain hard enough that water got into the refrigerator compartment from the outside through the grate that covers the access to the outside? It was pouring down hard today. Severe storms. I went to check the frig area and when I pulled the bottom outside panel off, there was standing water. I pulled the top one off and it was basically dry except for near the bottom of the frame where there was some caulk that was really thin and missing. I am thinking the water came in and went through the places there was no caulk.
It looks like the water may have splashed in and then found the area with little caulk and then traveled to the bottom of the frig compartment. I can see where some water is on the side of the frig but the top area is basically dry other than near the frame. Also the gap between the louvered cover and the frame is about 1/8th of an inch...maybe it got in there. We got about an inch or more of rain in a short time.
The side walls of the compartment are dry also. I have a heater in there now drying it out. The bottom access panel has a lip behind it (actually the floor) that acts as a backstop and pushed the water out thru some weep holes in the frame, the top access panel does not have this lip.
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