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Re: Fitting thermostat in Zanussi ZX57/3
OK thanks. I will take another look – if I can find it I’ll buy nother thermostat!
Re: Fitting thermostat in Zanussi ZX57/3
Plate? You mean the on with all the serial number on it and stuff? Or near the light? Sorry for being a muppet – if it was a car or pc I’d know with my eyes closed but fridges are a mystery to me.
Re: Fitting thermostat in Zanussi ZX57/3
That explains a lot. Any idea where the end of this mystery bit of wire might be located in the fridge? Down the back near the compressor??
Re: Fitting thermostat in Zanussi ZX57/3
The fridge i sitting in my hall, still knackered. Just wondering if what I did with the thermostat sensor wire is acceptable and ok to use?
I am considering changing the thermostat again and giving the fridge to a mate who has just got a new house. Any suggestions? Shouls I kep plugging away at it?
Re: Fitting thermostat in Zanussi ZX57/3
OK without any instructions or guidance whatsoever I tried to do this myself.
First, I turned off the fridge. I had no idea where the thermostat went, so after a little hunting down I popped the top off and found out it was (of course) connected to the thermostat controller (the temp dial thing) on the outside of the fridge.
The top was easy enough to get off and after a bit of umming and ahhing I got the thermostat out and unplugged. All that was needed was a phillips head screwdriver and some pliers to undo the nut that secures the thermostat dial.
Only thing is the thermostat that was already fitted had a sensor (long wire) that led off and disappeared into a hole into the depths of the fridge. So I yanked it but only managed to get it out about 4cm. It was stuck. It obviously wasn’t going anywhere so I thought as it’s just a sensor maybe I can get away with cutting it off and just twisting it up with the the other sensor. So that’s what I did.
I turned it on and wa-hey! The fridge made all the right noises. So I packed it all back and just before putting the top back on I tested it one more time. Again, the fridge kicked in. Brilliant.
So I put it all back together, plugged it in and…nothing.
Somehow, inbetween me testing it and putting the lid back on the top, it broke. Again.
Bugger.
Re: Zanussi ZX57/3 fridge freezer not cooling
Right, I took another look at it. The black thing near the bottom was cold (or at least, not hot). I also tried to turn the defrost timer round about a quarter turn but still nothing ‘kicked in’. Would this be indicative of a thermostat fault?
Thanks awfully for the help, this site is great!
