[MJD1901]

I’m replying to my own post from 2013 (under a login I lost at some point – interesting to note I originally joined in 2006! I was young then). 8 years on and we still have the same F&P E522 fridge, which we love for its size and capacity – however, we get a recurring problem as outlined above, and I wondered if any experts have a view on the cause – and whether there is a real fault that might be fixable.

Basically the air return channels between fridge and freezer on each side ice up with condensation type ice – it often occurs when fridge is quite heavily loaded and used a lot, so maybe once or twice a year, but sometimes totally randomly. When we detect the butter becoming too soft, a well practised routine swings into place: I remove all the contents to cool boxes and other cold places – I remove the back panel, I defrost the channels (with hairdryer), sponge all the water out of the drip tray at the back. We clean all the shelves and drawers, pop everything back and wait for a couple of hours for it all to cool again. Repeat several months later…… I am way too familiar with the insides of our fridge.

So, is this possibly a sensor going wonky or the defrost not working properly ? User error through bad overloading? I’m assuming the fridge is designed to work in more challenging climates than the UK in terms of humidity. F&P offered me an engineer visit, but I’m dubious as to whether that will really identify anything.

[MJD1901]

Dave – you were correct. It was a failed heater element. Strange that it didn’t pop the F08 code which is more heater specific – but the engineer found it and sorted it in no time. Everyone happy.

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