Samsung American Fridge/Freezer (RSH1DBRS) Freezer Cooling Issue

[candyman38]

Hi, just wondering if you ever found a resolution to your issue?

[candyman38]

Hi, just wondering if you ever found a resolution to your issue, as I am experiencing the same issue?

[emohawk11]

Believed to be lack of refrigerant or a small leak.
decided to replace as it was >10yrs old and refilling with refrigerant is reasonably expensive and no guarantee it would solve the issue.
I opted for an LG model from Costco (about £1400) and so far it’s been very good.

I’d put off replacing it earlier because of the cost and needing to take the kitchen door off it’s hinges, and the new and old fridge taking the doors off to get it inside the kitchen. It wasn’t so bad in the end though compared to all the hassle the old fridge kept giving me!

[tonio]

Hi Emohawk,

I have same issue on my 14yr old Samsung RSH1DBRS at the moment; I am curious as to whether you got a refrigeration/appliance engineer to look at your unit in the end or whether the diagnosis of low refrigerant was your own guess?

I am leaning towards the same guess on mine, as all sensors/fans seem ok.

Think a repair on something like this would be totally uneconomical – I just hate scrapping an almost working unit! It goes against my “fixit till it falls apart” ethic!!

FWIW (you probably know now!) the freezer temperature sensor (F-Sensor) is located behind the upper rear wall cover; the ice maker unit with the freezer light needs to be removed in order to remove the rear cover. My sensor was reading 600 ohms & the resistance rises when the sensor is chilled with butane gas. (R-Sensor is located behind the top rear cover in the fridge also from what I can see; I haven’t removed/tested this one as my fridge is chilling somewhat ok; suspect it may be a little on the warm side also though, again this leads me towards refrigerant/compressor area diagnosis.

[emohawk11]

it was the engineer that diagnosed lack of refrigerant / a leak. At this point I believe the fridge was also not cooling quite right – similar issue again where the fridge sensor read 3 degrees but an internal thermometer showed the temperature was a fair bit warmer.

I remember testing the temperature sensor by placing in either iced or hot water (can’t remember which) and using a multimeter. It tested ok. I found what the multi meter readings should be from a video on YouTube.

I was similar in not wanting to scrap / send the unit to the tip, however at this point like you mentioned it was looking uneconomical to continue repairing. It was a pity as it had a couple hundred spent on it at that point what with a whole new rear internal fridge cover (seal had gone) and replacement water tank.

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