[Cirrus]

Re: Samsung RL36 – Fridge not cold / Freezer too cold

@r600a,

I now recall that the engineer did indeed say to check that the drain hole was not blocked, and that this (blocked hole) was the probably the cause for over icing and subsequent non-cooling of the fridge.

Although the fridge does appear to be working (maybe my ice clearing helped?), I intend to defrost it completely once we have disposed of the Freezer contents. I understand this will likely take a couple of days to be sure it’s done thoroughly. Hopefully, this will be the end to the problem, unless the heater is faulty, in which case, I’ll see ice build up again. If this happens I’ll see what my local friendly repair guy can do.

@Optimist?

Sorry, don’t visit here often 😉 PM’s read and replied to. Thanks.

[Cirrus]

Pete,

Correct. There was a lot of excessive build up in the freezer compartments, so by setting it to -17 (the warmest) I was hoping to minimize this.

I’ve had a visit by local repair man (who luckily does not charge for call outs) and he advised that 8 times out of 10 the symptoms I’m seeing are caused by an ice blockage stopping the cool air from reaching the fridge. I was all set to empty the freezer the next day, when I discovered that the fridge now seems to be working OK.

I’ll probably still try and defrost it just in case this was the cause and may happen again, just after our weekly shop..

[Cirrus]

The controls on the unit allow you to set the following temps.

Fridge = +1 to +6 degrees
Freezer = -17 to -25 degrees

I currently have the Fridge set to +1 (the lowest temp possible) and the freezer set to -17 (the highest temp possible).

Thanks

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