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Re: RL34LGTC freezer ok, fridge not cooling

I’m back again, with the same problem. Having read and understood SOME of the excellent guide on the site regarding frost free freezers, I am a little less of a numpty when it comes to the black magic of fridges.

Anyway, the cooling element was iced up, with white powdery ice and blocking one of the airflows. The fan and flap are operating normally. After letting the freezer defrost fully and dry out I had a go at tinkering.

I think I have found 2 thermostats, (small white cylinderical objects, I on 2 white wires and the other on pink wires)? One located behind the 1st plastic cover and the other was burried in the cooling element. Both gave a closed reading with the multimeter, so I hope they are ok.

Next, I was looking for the defroster thingy. Not sure what I found, but it ran off a red and brown wire and looked like a small capacitor, about 10mmx5mm cylinder inside a clear plastic tube again buried in the element. I tested this, giving a open circuit.

There were some more wires running in tandem with the element for a few cm’s, but I couldn’t figure out what they were for, anyway they gave a closed circuit when tested.

Was either of those the defroster that I found? Any help is greatly appreciated.

Thanks
John

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Re: RL34LGTC freezer ok, fridge not cooling

yes 0, the valve flap is ok, closes when the door is s ooen. How do you make the fridge think the door is shut when open?

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Re: RL34LGTC freezer ok, fridge not cooling

I’ve found the 2nd channel, as where Bob said. That appears to be clear also. Checked by feeding some small plastic pipe down from the fridge until it was visible behind the cooling elements. I’ll also give it a full defrost when the freezer is empty.

Could the fan not be running at max. rpm? Seems ok though.

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Re: RL34LGTC freezer ok, fridge not cooling

Thanks dave, I’ll have a look for another air channel.

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