Whirlpool ARG582 Fridge is freezing stuff

[BazzaS]

I’ve had a Whirlpool ARG582 “under-counter” Fridge for a few years now. It’s never malfunctioned until recently. About 2 months ago I noticed water at the bottom – this was due to the drainage being blocked. I cleared it and no more problems. Yesterday I noticed that some of my veg on 2nd shelf down was frozen, yet the fridge didn’t seem too cold and other produce wasn’t frozen ! The temperature gauge is set on 2 (range 1 to 4 with 4 being coldest) and has never been any different. If it metters we’ve not had any power cuts lately.
This is all a bit of a mystery to me so any advice would be most welcome.

Thanks

[whutton]

Re: Whirlpool ARG582 Fridge is freezing stuff

I have exactly the same model (5 year old) and the same problem. No problems previously, but suddenly temperate in fridge is very low. I have turned down the thermostat but doesn’t seem to have any effect. Is it worth turning off the fridge, letting it totally warm up and turning on again ? Any suggestions to diagnose the problem would be much appreciated. Many thanks. William

[smartin]

Re: Whirlpool ARG582 Fridge is freezing stuff

can you hear the compressor running all the time in the background ? also would help if you had a fridge thermometer to see what actual temp in fridge is. if temp is low and compressor running all the time then chances are its the thermostat smartin

[whutton]

Re: Whirlpool ARG582 Fridge is freezing stuff

Thanks for the input. I did check with a digital thermometer and temperature was about -1.0 C at top and -3.0 C at bottom. The compressor did seem to be running all the time. I turned down (ie warmer temp) the thermostat (from 3 to 2) and now I seem to have the opposite problem of temperature being too high (7.0 C top and 5.0 C bottom). The compressor does come on sometimes but doesn’t stay on. I have turned the thermostat back to 3 and am monitoring the temp. Seems a little odd as thermostats generally fail one way rather than work inconsistently. Is replacing a thermostat fairly easy – I presume that I will have to take the fridge totally out to get to everything. Many thanks. William

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