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Refrigerator water condensation drain line freezing

Unit is a side-by-side Whirlpool - new in 2003. 
Somewhere betw. 19-21 sq. ft. storage total. 
Occasionally (twice a year at most?) water pools and freezes in the (left) freezer side bottom. the ice maker seems to be working fine, so the drain line that leads to the drain pan must be frozen? 
How do we prevent this line from freezing in the future? 
To thaw it, we pull out the fridge, vacuum dust from the coils, hit the line for a while with a hair dryer and have run pipe cleaners in the line to encourage the frozen line to thaw. 
Your help is welcome and much anticipated! 


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GO TO THE FREEZER PORTION OF THE FRIG.YOU NEED TO TAKE THE ICEMAKER OUT AND REMOVE THE BACK PANEL WHERE THE EVAPORATER FAN IS .RIGHT UNDER THE COIL YOU WILL SEE A DRAIN ,WHEN YOUR FREEZER GOES ON DEFROST THE WATER GOES DOWN THE DRAIN AND INTO A PAN THAT SITS ON TOP OF THE COMPRESSOR.THE HEAT FROM THE COMPRESSOR EVAPORATES THE WATER.THE DRAIN IN THE FREEZER IS PROBABLY CLOGGED OR FROZEN OVER WITH ICE AND THATS WHY THE WATER IS GOING ELSEWARE.REMOVE ALL THE ICE FROM AROUND THE DRAIN.IF THERES A ROD THAT GOES DOWN THE DRAIN FROM THE DEFROST ELEMENT THATS SUPPOSED TO KEEP THE DRAIN FROM ICING UP ,IN ANY CASE THE DRAIN IS CLOGGED OR ICED UP.UNCLOG THE GRAIN AND YOU WILL BE GOOD TO GO.

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