New Fridge/Freezer slow to cool

[bindiidot]

We just replaced our fridge/freezer and plugged it in at noon today after giving it 3 hours sitting time after delivery. We loaded it with food and waited all day for the fridge part to cool sufficiently. It has now been 10 hours since plugging it in and it is only down to 10 degrees, (thermometer indicated 16 when we first plugged it in). The thermostat is set at full and the compressor has been going non stop. The freezer part seems to be doing fine.

The unit is a Kelvinator KHFB336HSG. Also worth noting is its a frost free yet the back of the fridge is getting a bit of ice buildup. Is this a normal amout of time for this unit? I have had used fridges in the past take much less time to cool. I would expect after running all day it should be down to 2 – 3 degress by now. Any thoughts out there?

Thanks,
Dan

[bindiidot]

Re: New Fridge/Freezer slow to cool

Just to update, we ran the fridge all night at full setting and it was at 5 degrees by morning. Other much older fridges weve had in the past would have had some of the food starting to freeze if we did this.

In the manual it says setting the thermostat mid way would achieve 5 degrees. This one is struggling to hit 5 at full setting! Now after opening the door a couple times its back up to 10 degrees. Am I expecting too much for this fridge or is there reason for my concern? Any thoughts are greatly appreciated.

[Washman]

Re: New Fridge/Freezer slow to cool

Hi

What temperature was the food that you put in fridge freezer. and you should have let the appliance get down to temperature before you filled it up. If the food was warm then the appliance will struggle to get down to correct temperature.

Mike

[bindiidot]

Re: New Fridge/Freezer slow to cool

The food we put in the fridge was mostly fridge temperature as we had just been shopping (an hour previously). In addition there were a couple of room temperature cartons of milk. We removed a lot of the food after the appliance refused to cool down properly so there really isn’t much food in the fridge at the moment.

This morning the fridge is now up to 9 degrees C. We set it on maximum again and noticed the compressor is actually going on and off periodically even though the fridge is only 9 degrees. I suppose that means the thermostat is saying it is cool to the maximum coolness it can get to? Surely 9 degrees isn’t sufficient and the compressor should be running to get it lower than that?

It’s supposed to be frost-free but there’s a buildup of ice on the back of the fridge. Is it possible that the high temperature is caused by the ‘heater’ that kicks in to melt the frost periodically? Also does the heater kick in each time the compressor switches off, or would the compressor automatically switch off to allow the heater to kick in, even if the fridge wasn’t cool to the desirable temperature according to it’s thermostat setting?

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