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Re: Samsung RS21FCSV Diagnostic assistance please?
Actually my toughts as well. The system had depressurized already (though it took nearly 4 years). He could find no leak but acknowledged that might not be the end of the matter.
Would the symptoms of freezer not freezing, but fridge still working be consistent with depressurization? In this event how the heck would you locate a leak?
The machine has never frosted up. I’ve had a good shufti at both evaporators and all seems well. No oil or anything.
David
Re: Samsung RS21FCSV Diagnostic assistance please?
Been a numpty I think. For defrost resistance measurements read k ohms.
Re: SAMSUNG RS21FCSV Faulty?
Well it’s 1 week later and the RS21 has behaved impeccably…until yesterday.
I had to turn it off to move a cable. After having done so (off for about a minute) the freezer temp diaplay was instantly sitting at -3. Since then moved up and down a little and currently has settled at -5. Fridge side seems fine.
BTW before power off yesterday I ran the diagnostics. No bars displayed at all. Also no bars now 18 hours after power up.
Something isn’t right and my suspicions now fall on the often mentioned thermal fuse/evaporator cover/defrost sensor area.
Before I get my screwdriver and multimeter out, can anybody translate the above symptoms into a more precise diagnosis…so I can order parts in.
Re: SAMSUNG RS21FCSV Faulty?
OK.
I found a local engineer who came and took a look at our RS21.
By the time he took a look the compressor had not been running for hours, but the fan was running. In fact it transpired that the compressor was apparently seized. It was silently getting hot, with the klixen audibly cutting in and out every few minutes.
After a little hassle getting obtaining a replacement, he installed it this morning, and of course regassed with R600a.
When he removed the old compressor it transpired there was hardly any gas in the system, certainly nothing like the 88 grams I understand there should be!
My concern (and his concern) is that there may be some kind of underlying undetectable very slow leak in the machine…but it certainly is not visibly apparent. We will have to see.
It’s now 6 hours since switch on and both the fridge and freezer sections have attained their operation temperatures.
In the last hour, though, the freezer has gone from -20 to -8 for no apparent reason, and is slowly cooling again. There’s no food in it at the minute, giving it any “thermal mass”. I wonder if it’s decided to defrost itself. Is this really plausible? Am I just being paranoid? Could this be indicative of a defrost sensor issue?
David
Re: SAMSUNG RS21FCSV Faulty?
Bryan,
Thanks for the advice. Engineer visit it is then!
I’m in Farnham, Surrey. The “find an approved angineer” link takes me to a company called Belle Vue which appears to be in Bournemouth. 1.5 hours away. SUrely there must be somebody more local!!!!!!
If you or anybody reading this can recommend somebody Samsung qualified and more local I’d appreciate it! I’d also prefer to deal with a named person rather than a faceless “service organisation”.
Thanks in advance,
David
Re: SAMSUNG RS21FCSV Faulty?
Cheers for the advice Bryan,
The machine was off overnight. At switch on this morning the compressor ran for 2-3 minutes then switched off. Haven’t heard it since! Fan is still continuous.
I guess a dodgy sensor may be making it “think” it’s frosted up.
Will run the diagnostic test tomorrow morning. Is there a “key” somewhere online to decode the test results? I’ve not been able to find a service manual anywhere.
david
