Freezer and damage to carpet

[Mrdini]

Hi,

So I've had (mould-like?) damage to my carpet where the freezer was. It is a Liebherr GP1476 freezer. Having spoke to dealer, they were surprised and fairly assertive in saying that placing a freezer on carpet shouldn't have been an issue.

Looking at the back of the Liebherr, I can see a significant amount of rust on the capillary tube as well as in another joint. Could the damage be as a result of a coolant leak or similar? I've since moved the freezer onto tiled floor and so far can seem to see no leaks or anything. Flipping through the freezer manual, it says nothing about type of flooring - and also nothing about possible maintenance of drip trays or similar (besides I can't see a drip tray at the back). I've sent the same pics to Liebherr and am still awaiting an answer.

Any light you folks can shed would be very much appreciated.

 

[Koolpc]

Maybe its leaked ice / water when door opened occasionally?

 

[Mrdini]

The damage is more directly underneath the freezer, and also the freezer is a "second freezer", so door is opened less frequently than the "main" freezer in the kitchen.

 

[foxhole]

Even the occasional use of a freezer will result in moisture to the carpet which with the lack of ventilation will result in mould.
Carpet is very poor choice to put underneath any refrigeration unit

 

[Mrdini]

That may be so but my question is more if the amount of copper corrosion in the pics is normal for a ~3 years old freezer or indicative of something amiss.

 

[jj4091]

That verdegree could be just caused by condensation not necassarily a leak. Clean it off and see if the pipes are pitted or it has just formed on the surface.

 

[ericmark]

The condensate from an auto defrost is from the room to start with, so unless the whole room damp, the carpet should not get over damp due to condensate from auto defrost, which should go onto the tray above the motor, so motor heat will evaporate it.

I have had problems with freezers in unheated rooms, but most stipulate with auto defrost must be in a room over 12ºC, so in reality they must be in heated rooms.

Step one is to measure the humidity in the room, my living room thermostat says 52% humidity, hall thermostat shows 56% last house was damper, typical around 70%, and we did get the odd problem with mould, we blamed the location, we did live in Mold.