REFRIGERATOR

PURPOSE:To provide a refrigerator in which water dropped from a heat exchanger is prevented from being splashed onto a heater for defrosting operation when a defrosting operation of the heat exchanger is performed in particular and an efficient defrosting operation is carried out. CONSTITUTION:In a refrigerator comprising at least a refrigerator chamber 7, a fan 1, a heat exchanger 6, a water droplet protection plate 4 arranged substantially below the heat exchanger and a straight-pipe type heater 2 arranged substantially below the water droplet protection plate, both ends 5 of the water droplet protection plate positioned in parallel with the heater are positioned at a certain specified range in respect to the heater thereby the water droplet defrosted is prevented from being splashed onto the heater and further heat got from the heater can be efficiently supplied to the heat exchanger. The shortest distance between the water droplet protection plate and the heater is kept at a constant value under a certain condition, thereby the heat got from the heater can be efficiently supplied to the heat exchanger.