[andyhart21]

Re: Whirlpool American Fridge Freezer broken down – help!

Well after 2 days, everything is working exactly as it should be 😀

Fingers crossed but it looks like I may have cracked it 8)

[andyhart21]

Re: Whirlpool American Fridge Freezer broken down – help!

Hi guys there has been a development 🙂

I have just emptied the freezer and taken all the back panels off, where I found one huge block of ice. This block of ice covered the whole coil, the fan and was blocking all the vents. I did not realise that the fridge side gets it cold air through the back panel of the freezer which would lead to the problems I have described in both the fridge and the freezer. There were no external signs that the freezer was iced up, the vents appeared to be clear from the outside. It took nearly an hour with a hairdryer to defrost it there was so much ice! The only problem I have now is that there must be a reason why it iced up in the first place 😥

I am hoping that the icing was caused when I had the problems with the rear board last week, and that there was just too much for the fridge to defrost itself after I repaired the board.

I will keep you posted 🙂

Andy

[andyhart21]

Re: Whirlpool American Fridge Freezer broken down – help!

Hi guys, I just dicovered this rather excellent forum which I hope can save me from having to call out a Whirlpool service engineer 😥

My fridge model is S20DRSS33-A/G

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I have read this whole post and I still cannot decide on the best course of action.

My problem started as the usual water chattering which didn’t really bother me, but then it progressed to a rather loud buzzing noise and malfunction of the ice maker which I traced to the ice maker relay on the rear board. I then changed C1, C2, C3, C4, C5, C6 and C7, as well as the three Schrack relays and the orange Tyco relay for the compressor. All then appeared well for a couple of weeks.
Then last week I was greeted in the morning by a puddle of water under the freezer door as the ice in the ice hopper had started to melt. It was also alarming on freezer temperature (with — in the freezer display) The fridge side also appears to be too warm.
I then changed all the above components again but it still does not appear to be getting down to temperature. The compressor and cooling fan appear to be working correctly. The only thing I have found is the power connector on the rear board to the compressor appears to have been getting warm on the spade connections (they are discoloured).
I have also visually inspected the front board and all the capacitors look ok, but I will test them at work on Monday to verify correct values.

What I would like everybody’s advice on is:

Does anyone know what the likely fault could be?

Is it worth taking out a Whirlpool service contract to sort the problem?

Could it as simple as needing a re-gas?

Can anyone think of anything else I could test?

I would really value everyones opinion on this as I hate to be defeated on things like this and it really bugs me when I have to call out an engineer 😀

Thanks guys, Andy

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