Hotpoint Freezer FZ175

[Galway]

Hi
Customer says that this freezer is cool but not Freezing.
are there any common faults with these.i dont do much with refrigeration but its a regular customer so cant say no.
thanks 😕

[madangler1]

Re: Hotpoint Freezer FZ175

Standard FF model. Make sure no warnings on the lights as if its thawed and caused a warning it won’t automatically re freeze.

If not get the multi flow of and have a look what’s going on, make sure it been on and not turned off as you need to see it in action so to speak.

There can be any number of issues with FF models.

If the evaporator has frozen over or a large block of ice in the gutter its likely de frost heater or blocked drain hole.

Check all the heaters and the thermal fuse with the resistance meter, you can measure these from the plug behind the multiflow. The gutter heater is foamed in so to test that measure the resistance on the pins in the socket that the plug came from, its the same two pins that the evap heater uses as they are in parallel

If no frost and the compressor is running it will be a system issue. But I have to admit I don’t see many FF with gas issues.

Almost always frost on evaporator

[Galway]

Re: Hotpoint Freezer FZ175

Thanks for reply.this is s freezer only .is that the same as the stsndard ff you are talking about.i will check those bits you suggested.customer did say that the compressor was not hot but not cold either to touch.i presume the multi flow is where the fan is , i just dontdo much with them.thanks

[Galway]

Re: Hotpoint Freezer FZ175

HI
Does anyone have a service manual for this?
thanks

[Galway]

Re: Hotpoint Freezer FZ175

Looked at this today and found that the compressor ran and fan came on but voltage to fan kept jumping up and down – checked the control panel contacts which were coroded so cleaned them . it seems to be running now .could anything else cause voltage to fan to be erratic.thanks

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