Dear All,
I have a Zanussi fridge freezer and the freezer part is not working.
It is model ZF77/30 I suspect this stands for 77 cubic foot fridge and 30 CF freezer.
It has only one motor which is OK and the fridge works. There must be a relay operated a tap/valve that diverts the cooling fluid around the freezer its either this that's stopped working or the freezer thermostat has failed.
Someone on another group suggested it could need gas well I cant see it does as its only got one motor and the fridge works OK. What I want is a scematic diagram of how it works. I suspect there is a thermostat for the freezer and seperate one for the fridge with a diverter valve with say the freezer having prority very similar to cental heating three way sharing valves. I have looked a the back and can see a juntion box have identified the fridge theromstat which is fine but cannot locat the freezer thermostat to complicate things further this is a frost free fridge freezer, and ever now and agian the fan inside starts working only circulating air I think its the defrost times cycle it lasts for a bout half an hour once a day.
I have been told to throw it away and get a new one from all the refrigeration engineers I've contacted, also they said in one way or the other, that there is callout charge of between £40 and £80 refundable if work is done. One told me I'm sorry I wont touch frost free fridge freezers to complex. Noral of the story dont get a frost free freezer.
Help
MikeS