Lec Elan fridge freezer problems

[joinedupwriting]

Hello

I have a Lec Elan ET350AW fridge freezer just 3 years old. It is not frost free so I have to manually defrost it but since I have owned it the frosting up gets worse and I have to defrost so often, I mean once a month. It seems like it just freezes up again after a few days. The fridge part is increaslingly getting either too warm or the veg get frozen. Is there any hope or should I abondon ship and get another fridge freezer?
thanks for any advice

[joinedupwriting]

Re: Lec Elan fridge freezer problems

I should also say that I have moved house and had the doors swiched round, could this be a problem? I was knocked in the house move.

[kwatt]

Hi,

This article should help

K.

[joinedupwriting]

Re: Lec Elan fridge freezer problems

Thanks I looked at the article and my ice in the freezer is a combination of the two ie hard clearer ice near seal and snow-type ice hanging down from the top shelf. I hve checked the seals and they all seem good. When the ice starts to build up in the freezer tho, it forces the seals apart so I have to defrost again..AARGH!!! I am a stickler for not opening fridge or freezer doors for long.

I am no engineer so I do not know if this is a compressor problem or thermostat or something else, but the seals are definitely good.

As a general rule of thumb, how frequently should a freezer be defrosted?

thanks…

[kwatt]

Re: Lec Elan fridge freezer problems

If you are getting hard clear ice then it’s water, or was.

Soft powdery stuff is condensation from heat ingress.

It is incredibly unusual to get both but, if you are getting a build up of hard ice near the doors then there’s almost certainly water or heavy moisture there that’s freezing. That being the case, there really is only a couple of things I can think on and the first thing would be an insulation failure if there’s not any obvious seal damage or holes where air can ingress. It is however exceptionally unusual to have that sort of failure at only three or four years old, unless it says “Made In China” on it.

My only suggestion is to have a fridge engineer take a look at it to see what’s up as it does sound odd.

HTH

K.

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