Warm Electrolux ER6641T Fridge

[admin]

Hi there,

Firstly, nice site and great that there’s people like you about to help people like me out!!

Anyway, to my problem. My fridge isn’t cooling (at all, it seems). I can’t seem to hear any noise from it. There’s definately power to it as the light is illuminating when the door’s open.

From reading other posts, I think it might be the thermostat (?) – is there any way that I can diagnose this for sure? Or is there any other possibilities that I should also look for?

By the way, I don’t have an instruction manual so please be as descriptive as possible!!!

Thanks very much.

[admin]

Re: Warm Electrolux ER6641T Fridge

Ok, I’ve taken the light / thermostat box off and removed the thermostat. Apparently, it’s possible to check whether it’s faulty by bridging 2 of the wires – which ones?? The terminals are numbered so I’d be grateful if someone would let me know which ones before I blow the house up! 😆

Thanks.

[Dave_Conway]

Re: Warm Electrolux ER6641T Fridge

Stop !!!

Live testing with disconnected leads is not the way to go and dangerous :zap:

Check the thermostat for continuity with a meter or ask an engineer to do it for you Repairs@

Power off at all times while working on the unit please.

Dave.

[admin]

Re: Warm Electrolux ER6641T Fridge

Cheers for the reply Dave.

Power was, and is, off. Whilst I haven’t got the life of riley, life isn’t so bad as to risk working with a live electrical item!! 😆

I assume a meter reading will not show a reading if the thermostat is faulty?

Or is there a way to bypass the thermostat in order to check that no other part is faulty other than using a meter?

Just out of interest, the light seems to be connected to the thermostat unit – why?

Dave.

[Penguin45]

Re: Warm Electrolux ER6641T Fridge

The thermostat at the simplest level is just a switch, a make/break contact. If the thermostat is turned to the “0” or off position, the contacts should be open, turn it all the way to 5 and they should make the circuit. The fridge light uses the thermostat as a convenient live supply and is usually just a spur.

I regret that for the reasons outlined at the top of the forum we cannot give you specific advice; hopefully this will give you some guidance.

Please ensure the power is off if you wish to do further testing.

Regards,
Penguin45.

[admin]

Re: Warm Electrolux ER6641T Fridge

Thanks for the guidance Dave and Penguin, much appreciated.

The problem was indeed the thermostat. Under a tenner to rectify so I’m a happy chap! 😀

Once again, thanks for the help.

Dave.

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