Forum Replies Created
-
Posts
-
Re: Liebherr fridge light heating fridge up
bryan,
i don’t quite follow your explanation of why the light comes on – could you just explain that again? and what is thermostat lockout?
thanks,
jon
Re: Liebherr fridge light heating fridge up
It’s actually in my kitchen, which since it’s only occupied from 7pm-midnight i usually leave the heating off. 18C seems like a rather high temp to be taking this sort of drastic action.
Regardless, if the light didn’t come on then it wouldn’t be a problem. it’s the light which is heating the fridge contents up, at least in it’s immediate vicinity.
My previous fridge, a cheaper Bosch model, had no such problems.
Vexing…
jon
Re: Liebherr fridge light heating fridge up
I’ve just spoken to a “service manager” who explained that the fridge has an ambient sensor which if the the temp outside the fridge drops below ~18C then it switches the light inside the fridge on. The purpose of this being to fool the thermostat and cause the fridge “motor” to switch on. When this happens the inside light helpfully switches on.
The rational behind this is that if the ambient temp drops too low then the fridge thermostat will not kick in and the fridge will not keep its contents cool. This “feature” is supposed to fix this.
I think I’m going to have to send it back. Presumably I can do this even if i have been using it for 1.5 months?
jon
Re: Liebherr fridge light heating fridge up
That was their story the last (3rd) time i called them. I’ve spoken to a different person each time, so it might just have been one person’s not necessarily correct understanding of their fridges. I’m going to call them again this afternoon and see what they say this time.
I think at least twice they’ve told that the light comes on when the fridge kicks in, which itself seems odd. Also i found that removing the lightbulb stopped the fridge from working, so the two do seem to be connected at a fairly fundamental (and pointless) level.
It’s otherwise a perfectly good fridge; it just seems to be deficient in it’s ability to cool its contents, something i consider to be a fairly important function for a fridge.
jon
