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The trim looks to be bonded to the glass or, should be, so you cannot buy that on its own at all from anywhere. Gorenje only lists the full shelf and nothing else at all and that is pretty common where they do that.
K.
The problem with doing that is food safety more than anything as it needs to keep a mean temp of +2˚C – +5˚C roughly or stuff will perish outside that, either way.
I wouldn’t trust putting it on a timer to maintain that narrow band.
K.
It won’t be a leak, why is explained in depth here:
https://www.ukwhitegoods.co.uk/help/fix-it-yourself/refrigeration-self-help/4016-refrigerant-gas
If it’s wired wrongly you might get that, yes. Or other weirdness.
K.
It’s possible, but unusual, that the compressor is running weak giving an ice ball at the top lowering the cabinet temperature but not getting cold enough where the phial is to switch it off so it runs constantly.
I’d be well weird but if the stats correct, which we know it is, the phial is positioned correctly, which I’m assuming it is then it’s about the only plausible reason I can think for what you describe.
Not unheard of but odd. And it all seems very counter-intuitive when stuff like that happens as it doesn’t make sense to most people as it’s over freezing which screams a stat failure.
K.
I have no idea who gave you that price but it’s way off base, if correct, it is a complete shelf only and costs a lot less than you’ve been told. It’s this one:
https://shop.ukwhitegoods.co.uk/446280-fridge-crisper-shelf
K.
Pretending it’s all fine doesn’t help either and ignoring the fact that machines are being scrapped ever sooner isn’t constructive in addressing the issues that fall off the back of that.
You should see see the stats on phone lifespans as that’s even worse, you chose a bad example there.
Car parts are attached to a substantial investment that people want to own, cherish and generally will look after so, relationally to the value of investment parts costs are not prohibitive until it gets older then there are other considerations. And you may have noticed that there aren’t as many old cars. On the road these days. Some, parts are obsolete before the tenth birthday.
Im not saying it’s all doom but, it’s not exactly happy clappy!
K.
It sounds like a thermostat issue, possibly the cooling fan but most all parts for that model are not available, obsolete.
K.
My issue is, looking at a £1000+ Siemens, other than the bells and whistles like the cleaning system, wifi, touchscreen etc that on a fundamental level as it’s got a sealed tank, sealed door etc that there’s no compelling reason for the massive price difference between that and a £400 Bosch that would make anyone actually buy one.
Some people will as, obviously it’s a shinier more exclusive thing but, from a repairability and actual performance point of view, there’s not £600 in there if you ask me.
If I or any punter put out over a grand on a machine I’d be expecting (perfectly reasonably IMO) it to last and be more repairable than the £400 one but, the reality is, it really isn’t.
I suppose what I’m saying in a roundabout way is, manufacturers, need to be pulled up on this and customers to be informed that paying all that much more might not get them just what they think it will. As given the givens and the probable cost to fix one of these you’d be just as well to buy a £140 Argos machine as wilf highlights and toss it after two years because you can buy more than six of those for the price of one of these, from a customers perspective that makes perfect sense financially.
Which blows monumentally huge holes in the environmental marketing blurb they all puke out as this sort of thing does nothing other than encourage people to throw stuff away.
K.
Every single one I’ve seen now has a sealed door on it.
Now even Beko, Whirlpool and probably more are headed that way as well.
£90 for a £4 hinge or a £2 catch… mental.
But they do love to shout about how environmentally friendly they all are. 😡
K.
That’s actually a really good question and the truth is, there’s not one answer.
Put it this way though, the way I often put it to people is, what you think you’ll save if you believe the marketing, prepare yourself for a massive disappointment as it’s not as much as people are lured into thinking.
20p or so a cycle, save 20-40{e5d1b7155a01ef1f3b9c9968eaba33524ee81600d00d4be2b4d93ac2e58cec2d} at best with a fair wind and sunny skies if the truths hold, it’s really not enough to get excited about. Even if it were a £1 a cycle you need to do an awful lot to cover the cost or a replacement.
K.
Agreed and you’d be better to run a mains one off an inverter in the vehicle for that as a mains unit will be far, far more stable temperature wise.
The 12V units are pretty much all Peltier units that are not that great at cooling, okay to keep drinks a little chilled but not a lot of use for much else if you ask me and I most certainly wouldn’t rely on one for medicinal purposes.
K.
