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I have a frost free integrated freezer. I occasionally defrost it as it accumulates lots of ice – hard ice on the metal shelf dividers plus lots of snowy ice build up too (reading info on site I see that this is likely to be due to poor door seal so air getting in causing condensation). So, 2 days ago I set about defrosting and am afraid I did commit the cardinal sin of using a blunt metal butter knife on a small section to dislodge thick ice – only contacting the outer ice surface and not touching the metal itself so I can be sure I haven’t pierced anything. I then defrosted the rest with the aid of a hair dryer (I know, I know!). I dried all the excess moisture with a towel and then reloaded the freezer. Turning the power back on there was no immediate problem but some time later the fuse box tripped. We turned off the freezer at the wall and reset the trip so all power came on again. Later turned freezer back on at its wall switch and again, it ran fine for a while but then tripped the switch in the fuse box. We have repeated this several times so we know it is the freezer tripping the fuse, and we know the freezer can work okay ( before the power trips) but this has absolutely occurred as a result of my defrosting efforts. So, could there be a simple solution, or do we need an engineer to fix it, or is it technically dead/terminally I’ll?!
Re: Short circuit/dead freezer?
Water has got onto the electrics somewhere to cause this problem. The ice build up almost certainly due to an ill fitting door. Time to call in a local expert I would suggest.
Re: Short circuit/dead freezer?
It will help if you can supply the make and model then we can advise if it is better to repair or buy a new one.
As Martin said water has got onto the electrics or electronics and tripping the RCD.
Bob
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Thank you both. Bob, the make is Caple. Model RBF1A. Hope this helps. What do reckon?
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A Caple is normally worth repairing I would advise just to leave it turned off for 2 to 3 days and leave the doors open to see if it drys out.
If when you put it back on it still trips I would seach this site with the find me an engineer search and have an engineer check it.
Bob
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Bob, just wanted to say thank you for your advice – I left the freezer off and open for 4 days and then switched back on Sunday and all seems to be well ie no tripping the fuse and running smoothly thus saving me a small fortune in repair /replacement. I’ve learned my lesson regards to defrosting techniques! X
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