Hotpoint FFB187B temparature problems???

[Aquaticfan]

Hello ladies and gentlemen.
After buying a cheap Fridgefreezer from a friend of a friend for very cheap. I then found out the temp would go from + to – many times daily. So I asked a friend about buying second hand from a shop because of budget problems.
He suggested the best in town. Sunderland. So I went there and bought a Hotpoint FFB187B on the front door. But I side it has a sticker saying it’s a FFB187BP. I found the manual fir the 187B but it didn’t give me much to go on. I got a 6 month warranty with this product.
I emailed Hotpoint with all the info I had. Because I wanted to know the wattage and how much it would cost me per year. A rating and what star rating. But heard nothing from them after 4 days.

My problem is that it has temp swings. I can see it is frost free and has air ducts in the freezer. It has I- care so I tried that but my milk shelf went above +5 as I’ve got 4 temp gauges in there. 2 up top and 2 in freezer. So I turns it up and the fridge goes from minus 2 to + 3-4 and + 2 in milk shelf. I know cold air flows down. Should this be happening. It seems to be carrying out defrost sessions as there’s ice on back then no ice a few hours later. I think this is how it work. Or is there a problem and it should read the sane temp in the whole fridge at all times?? Gauges I use are pro digital temperature ones.

Now down to the bottom.
Ive got one in the top shelf and one in the bottom. Both taped up to stop any cold from getting out the gaps. But I’m having temps of -24 in top then down to as low as -9. In the bottom it’s as low as -28 then down to -12-15. This seems to happen every few hours or hour?????But my food is solid and it seems fine.
Is this normal? Should I be getting the shop guy out to look at the temp gauges to prove the low temp?? I thought the freezer was suppose to stay at a constant temp??? I think it is a SN-ST and it’s in my kitchen which doesn’t go below +18.
Like I say there’s a sticker inside saying it a FFB187BP but it looks just slapped on there and new.
Should I be getting my money back or swap for another model. I paid £130 with free delivery and Install.

Any advice and help will be highly appreciated.

Kim regards,
Scott.

[kwatt]

Re: Hotpoint FFB187B temparature problems???

Temperatures in any domestic refrigeration will fluctuate but as a general rule:

Fridge should maintain +3?C – +5?C

Freezer should maintain a mean of -18?C

The average or mean temperature is far, far more important than the extremes as they give a far greater indication of the actual temperature the food etc inside is stored at without getting stupidly technical about it.

The food et all that has volume and rises or drops in temperature will do so far slower than circulated air hence, mean temperature being of greater importance.

The only way to test properly and get a comprehensive answer is to take a number of data points and average it out or get a data logger to do it for you.

If you’re measuring the surface temp of the likes of an evaporator panel or whatever then sure, you’ll get crazy and wild fluctuations in temp but that’s not a real representation of what the items stored in it are actually at.

So what you’re seeing there might be right, might not, no way to tell without knowing what is being tested, with what, over what period as it will cycle through a range but should maintain a mean.

But, buying second hand appliances is not a thing I’d personally go for unless they were properly tested and refurbished as people only get rid of them for two reasons in the main, they are broken or, they are old and are being replaced. Not always of course but, generally speaking that holds true.

K.

[Aquaticfan]

Re: Hotpoint FFB187B temparature problems???

Dear friend.

Thank you for taking the time to post this info. I do understand it barely.

The temp gauges in the fridges are one on top shelf and one in the milk section. The temp gauge it self as they are dual in and out gauges are on the bottom shelf and middle shelf. I have them either under food or in a glass of water and still getting -1.5 to +3.5. This has to be to low and I keep the fridge closed at all times. It has not wires coming out of it that I have to seal up. Unlike the freezer.

The freezer temp probes are under and between all the food and I’m getting temp range of top shelf -9 to -25 the bottom shelf keeps the coldest obviously and in getting -15 to -27. The unit does not stay on all the time and the wires are sealed up. The food is solid frozen and supposed being frost free I’m getting a little bit frost covering everything. Even st the lowest temps. The food is solid. I can’t figure it out. It doesn’t stay that low -9 for long and most of the time I’m seeing -20 plus on the gauges.

If you could also help. The guy told me it was a FFB187B and A rating but inside the sticker says FFB187BP and it’s got s little “M” saying 0.5A and then below 180 Watts with a sn-st rating.
Is 180 watts an A rated unit??? I don’t think so but I could be wrong. Please let me know.
I’ve got the unit turned upto 3 quarter of the way up from I-care assuming that’s number 3 as number 2 is before to number 4 so nearly on number 4.

I have a 6 month warranty. Should I be getting my money back and buying brand new??
I’ve had no luck with second hand. Been through 3 in the last 2 years.

Any help of advice will be highly appreciated.

[Aquaticfan]

Re: Hotpoint FFB187B temparature problems???

I have plenty room around the unit. Prob to much. 5” at the back. Nothing on the right side. And 2” on the right side. My room temp is between 18-23

[Aquaticfan]

Re: Hotpoint FFB187B temparature problems???

Any suggestions please guys???

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