[Dom Hanbidge]

Ps. The wire is encased in the foam, so you can’t see it without digging it out.

[Dom Hanbidge]

No photo I’m afraid as it is all back and fitted inside cupboard unit.
Yes, the black condenser. It has pipes feeding it from the bottom right, so you need to undo the 4 hex he’d screws that hold it in position and then tilt it to the right to gain access to the centre back and then I put a screw back in for it to hook onto just to keep it out of my way with no stress on it.
The cable from the circuit board is overly long and goes down the side and up and down a couple of times before it gets to the sensor
i have a tone tester used for network cable testing that I used to trave the cable to around 10” down on the left (as looking from the back) so I started there and followed the cable up and down the left hand side. (Unfortunately that was following it back to the circuit board) obce I had realised my mistake I followed it the other way to the season.
Once found swapping over was easy. Then just a case of squirting expanding foam in to fill the space made by me ripping the back to bits. (Be light on the foam, it expands more than you think it will)
i has pealed back the plastic back, after cutting it with an stanly knife. So I folded it back into place and stuck it down with gaffs tape. Then spent the next half an hour or so pushing it back into shape as the foam expanded.

[Dom Hanbidge]

Hi Malcom

I received both sensors yesterday and set about changing the fridge one first.
What a pain to find, but I recon (knowing where abouts it is) you could change it over in under an hour (including removing fridge/freezer and refitting it in the cabinet)
its on the back of the unit behind the grill.
You need to undo the 4 hex head screws and tilt it to the side then put one of them back in to hold the grill in place to stop it damaging the connections on the bottom right.
The sensor is in the centre of the back 10” down from the top of the unit (behind the 3rd little circular bump on mine)
it is about 2 1/2” deep, pressed up against the metal back plate. The cable feed to it from the left, so you will need to follow that way to give you a bit of slack.
Early days yet, but all seems to be working fine (freezer still freezing and fridge cold but not freezing)
hope you get yours sorted.

Dom

[Dom Hanbidge]

Thanks Malcolm

I have ordered both the freezer and fridge thermister. Will have to see if i can work out were they are. Does resistance of Fridge Air Sensor Increase or decrease with a reduction in temperature? Could add tempory resistors to circuit to test?
Also, am I right in thinking the PCB that these sensors connect oto is accessed from the rear of the unit? I have been behind the panel in the freezer section (and replaced the defrost heater as it looked burned out but wasn’t), but all items just wire back to terminal block, or cables pass through rear housing.

By the way, the timer is a clever shout, may just have to use that to get me through xmas without the wife killing me!

[Dom Hanbidge]

Hi Malcolm58 – Did you have any luck in sorting this problem? I have the same model with the same fault! – Looking for any pointers.

Dom

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