Why does air come out of the bottom of my refrigerator?

Question

I just noticed it today that there is warm air coming of of the bottom front grate area of my fridge... Why does a fridge do that???... Thank you.... Olivia

Answer 1

Heat of compression and the load.It's normal and your refrigerator wouldn't cool without it.

Answer 2

Someone is under there...gtfo of that house now!!

Answer 3

There is a fan under there that is blowing heat off the condenser coil.

The heat comes from the items in the refrigerator and is moved to the condenser coils by the refrigerant that is circulated.

Its normal. Make sure you clean those coils every year or it will have to work harder to do the same job.

Answer 4

Don't worry that means it's working haha. It's filtering out warm/humid/old air.

Answer 5

That is where the refrigerator exhausts the heat it pulls out of the cabinet. There is fan under there to blow the heat out.

Since you are noticing that it is warm and you don't why it is blowing the air out there I would guess you have not been cleaning your coils. You should clean the coils under there at least twice a year, more if you have pets.

I would guess the air coming out, other than it is still summer and it is working hard, is hotter than normal because your coils are dirty, plugged up with lint.

Clean your coils. They can get dirty enough to cause the compressor to overheat and shut down, not cool.  

Answer 6

This is the heat generated by the compressor. The compressor is an electric motor that compresses the freon, causing the cooling inside. It's normal.