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Moring chaps,
I have a couple of hotpoint mistral f/freezers with the same fault. Freezer is down to -22 but fridge is +21. fan in freezer working ok and door making contact with switch. your knowledge will be appreciated!Pinky
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PINKY wrote:Moring chaps,
I have a couple of hotpoint mistral f/freezers with the same fault. Freezer is down to -22 but fridge is +21. fan in freezer working ok and door making contact with switch. your knowledge will be appreciated!I would first of all remove the rear panel in the freezer, it sounds like a possible defrost problem and the ducts between the freezer and fridge are blocked with ice.
PINKY wrote:I also have an older f/freezer 8596p showing E3 fault code, have changed the three thermistors but still has fault.
PinkyE3 is a “Fridge thermistor open circuit” fault, If you have replaced that one then the other things to check are dry joints on the control pcb, faulty new thermistor ? Or possible faulty pcb.
HTH
Dave.
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Cheers Dave, i will check the board for dry joints tonight, it’s my bloody fridge-freezer!!
On the FF71n is there a reason why the air duct should ice up? i’m guessing there must be a flap to control the amount of air up to the fridge?
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PINKY wrote:On the FF71n is there a reason why the air duct should ice up?
Yes, a defrost problem in the freezer will cause the ice to build up to such an extent it will block everything. On this model the “flap” in the fridge is a motorised damper which opens and closes to allow less/more air flow from the freezer, may be worth checking this as well.
Dave.
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Dave, 5 stars to you! my 8596p with E3 was dry joints and lifted tracks on the board, a few bits of fuse wire later…. hey presto, all is fine.
cheers for advice! 😀
Pinky
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