BEKO TZDA524F Freezer fails to cool

[JustSomeGeek]

Hi guys,

Bought 2nd hand, and was working fine. 2 things happened around the same time:

Freezer became unplugged for a few hours
Ferret got behind it briefly, nothing chewed, but maybe dislodged something at floor level?

Power is fine. Pressing the fast freeze button turns on what sounds like a fan at the top. Quiet humming from low down, but i’m not sure the compressor is working as we haven’t had it long enough to recall what it is supposed to sound like.

No cooling at all, no matter how thermostat is set.

No error code.

[electrofix]

if you leave it on does the compressor bottle get hot ?

Dave

[JustSomeGeek]

electrofix wrote:if you leave it on does the compressor bottle get hot ?

Dave

How long should I leave it on to confirm this, Dave?

[electrofix]

10 or 15 mins should do it

or try the old mechanics trick hold a screw driver handle to your ear and touch the tip to the bottle. you then should hear it hum if it turns on. Also if you hear a hum followed by a click that would mean the overload trip has gone out

Dave

[JustSomeGeek]

electrofix wrote:10 or 15 mins should do it

or try the old mechanics trick hold a screw driver handle to your ear and touch the tip to the bottle. you then should hear it hum if it turns on. Also if you hear a hum followed by a click that would mean the overload trip has gone out

Dave

Thanks Dave. It gets slightly warm, and does seem to be running. Not heard anything click though. So still no idea :-/

[electrofix]

the fact its getting warm means it cant be a thermostat problem. the stats only job is to turn it on and off. It has turned it on so has to be a refrigeration sytem problem as opposed to a control problem

if its running and not freezing then its dead
time for a new one

it would mean a compressor change which along with the gassing etc makes it not worth doing

Dave

[JustSomeGeek]

electrofix wrote:the fact its getting warm means it cant be a thermostat problem. the stats only job is to turn it on and off. It has turned it on so has to be a refrigeration sytem problem as opposed to a control problem

if its running and not freezing then its dead
time for a new one

it would mean a compressor change which along with the gassing etc makes it not worth doing

Dave

Oooft. Thanks anyway! :-/

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