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  • December 23, 2007 at 5:44 pm #33214
    Prolineowner
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    I have the above fridge freezer, the freezer seems fine firstly

    but the fridge has a control dial with 1-7 if I have it on 6 it chills
    no cooler than 10c, but if I set to 7 it drops to about -5c
    and freezes the milk etc, I don’t seem to have any adjust-ability
    anymore it seems to be all or nothing

    Do you think that would be a fault thermostat or something
    else?

    Oliver.

    December 23, 2007 at 6:25 pm #237818
    helo_75
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    if its working at all, the thermostats not faulty, and the only thing left on that is the compressor.. give it a few weeks, and itll stop working altogether

    get shut and buy a different one

    December 23, 2007 at 6:39 pm #237819
    Prolineowner
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    So is it not possible then that the thermostat
    thinks the fridge is cooler than it is hence not
    turning on the compressor enough??

    Just I thought the compressor would be ok
    as it will chill the fridge well below zero but
    only if its on 7, but then 6 seems to warm

    I don’t know if it’s relevant but I just took a
    reading of the freezer its about -28c

    December 23, 2007 at 9:59 pm #237820
    helo_75
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    hmm, u could be right

    is it indoors?

    ive seen a lot of those fridge freezers, and the stats not usually the problem, but yours could well be the stat

    sorry, your second post was a bit more precise, so yes, the stat could well be faulty, but i think you might need a genuine stat

    December 23, 2007 at 10:31 pm #237821
    Prolineowner
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    Thanks for the help Helo_75, yeah it’s kept inside

    Its already on number 2 compressor as the first one failed about 10 months into ownership, it just
    packed up one day and turned into a mini oven

    I did have a look around the net for a original
    thermostat but couldn’t find one, one place that
    listed it said it was discontinued

    Guess I am abit stuck then.

    December 24, 2007 at 1:14 pm #237822
    helo_75
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    comet have them, but im sure if you ask one of the guys on here, there MAY be a suitable alternative available form the ukwhitegoods store, after all, it is only a wetwall fridge, and a danfoss kit 3 should cover it, i think its the length of the capilliary which is the issue, and obviously you cant cut it down

    whouldnt hope for one before xmas though

    have a great xmas, apart from warm beer

    December 28, 2007 at 3:56 pm #237823
    Prolineowner
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    Well looks like I might have to scarp it, Comet say part not available

    plus after having a good look at the thermostat housing it appears a big job of getting the new capillary installed as the back of the fridge appears foam sealed, might give the calibration screw a tweak clockwise to see if I can lower the working temp range, but not holding out much hope

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