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[projectsunfire]

Hey Kris, the daily pool of water is caused by the fan on the back not operating properly. The peltier assembly is a solid state device that rapidly cools on one side, and gets very hot on the other. These modules are "stuck" in between two heatsinks, one to pull the hot away from the pad and out the back of the unit and the other to pull the cold and have the fan blow into the fridge. Ice builds up on these pads in the right conditions, and will melt off when the pad is not running. When the fan on the back does not work properly, like being dusty, pet hair.... or it has failed, the peltier assembly gets very hot and heats up the inside part of the assembly and melts whatever frost maybe on the unit.

Long story short, I would check the fan on the back. I have 2 Whynter CHC-251S units and I check and clean the fans every month. I m an IT consultant and it is part of my routine when I clean my workstations and servers

so both fans are working, no dust or dirt, etc so I guess that's not the issue either.

[Elco69]

so both fans are working, no dust or dirt, etc so I guess that's not the issue either.

hmm....Has anything else changed in your environment or added new sticks? What has your ambient temp and RH been like in the room? The other things that has come has crossed my mind is that the peltier module, that is sandwiched between the 2 heat sinks has malfunctioned and is getting too cold on the inside and causing the inside heat sink to continually frost up.

[projectsunfire]

hmm....Has anything else changed in your environment or added new sticks? What has your ambient temp and RH been like in the room? The other things that has come has crossed my mind is that the peltier module, that is sandwiched between the 2 heat sinks has malfunctioned and is getting too cold on the inside and causing the inside heat sink to continually frost up.

nothing else has changed with temp or RH. I have not added any new sticks. I check the temp & RH in the unit frequently and have not noticed any fluctuations. I would think if it was getting too cold I would see the temp drop. I am going to unplug it over the weekend and see how the temp is since it is finally starting to cool down here.