My fridge is defying logic

[andy_art_trigg]

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Indeed k 🙂 It hopefully rules out bad installation that you mentioned though, which I was concerned about as I don’t want problems with the replacement.

[kwatt]

Na, it’s ventilation at the back that’s often the bigger problem as the heat goes up the way, not down and out without some coaxing. 😉

K.

[eastlmark]

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andy_art_trigg wrote:Thanks K, I’m sure you’re right. I just can’t get my head round the fact that the fridge clearly is cold enough to trigger any thermostat, whether set to monitor ambiant temp or the evaporator. The fridge is at 0 degrees even at the top where it’s the warmest.

I never repaired fridges apart from for a few months and I could never get my head round them.

How do you ensure ventilation? This one’s built in and there’s a kick strip underneath. I can’t see how it could get any ventilation at all. Does a grill need fitting in the kick strip?

All it means, Andy, is that it is not cold enough to trigger the stat at the point where the capillary ends. could be -20 just above that point but the stat does no know that. Common complaint on all wet lined evaporator fridges, ie most made today!
just one word of advice. scrap.

[clivejameson]

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IIRC Danfoss for example quote a cut-out temp of -12 to -15oC on the kit3’s (standard auto defrost fridge stat), in other words Andy if the pot can only get the evaporator to -8 or 10oC then the stat just aint going to cut out, and you’ll still gets lots of ice.

Used to be quite common on the old R12 systems, you try explaining to a customer the reason why everything in the fridge is freezing is because the compressor isn’t working hard enough! 😆

Anyway, another thumbs up for the scrap heap direction 😉

[andy_art_trigg]

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Thanks everyone for the input. It’s very illogical to me but you guys know your stuff. Fridges are very different to all other repairs. It’s no use coming to them late in a career lol. I remember thinking they should be the easiest appliance to fix – just a stat and a compressor. But these days they are harder than washing machines – especially these big fancy American ones.

[iadom]

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andy_art_trigg wrote: I remember thinking they should be the easiest appliance to fix – just a stat and a compressor.

😆 I remember my fridge training when I was at Hotpoint, I had been doing laundry for about 18 months when I was issued with a box of thermostats, including a couple for gas fridges, 😯 a few door latches and lamps, three complete systems, 211,212,213 mounted on metal frames and informed I was now a fully fledged fridge engineer. 🙂

Life was so simple back then. 8)

Jim.

[tphj]

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Jim
I remember those days and how easy life was.

[eastlmark]

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iadom wrote:

andy_art_trigg wrote:
I remember thinking they should be the easiest appliance to fix – just a stat and a compressor.

😆 I remember my fridge training when I was at Hotpoint, I had been doing laundry for about 18 months when I was issued with a box of thermostats, including a couple for gas fridges, 😯 a few door latches and lamps, three complete systems, 211,212,213 mounted on metal frames and informed I was now a fully fledged fridge engineer. 🙂

Life was so simple back then. 8)

Jim.

I seem to remember them issuing a charging rig that used a normal fridge compressor to use as a vacuum pump. 😆

[lfcjoey]

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Mark,

That damn fly on screen thing is so so very annoying!!!

Have tried to ‘shoo’ it off my screen twice tonight already.

PS Where did you get it?

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