Freezer Fault

Fyne1 · 2011-11-26T11:56:55+00:00

The story so far . . . Over the past few days my upright freezer hasnot been reaching the set temperature [-18 c]. I have switched off theappliance, cleaned the back [ was clean anyway] and switched it backon. The freezer is only reaching -14 c. The question is should I getin a service engineer? [ I live in a rural area of Scotland thereforecall out charges are high] or bite the bullet and buy a new one? [ thethought of removing the padlock from my sporran has me petrified]. Hasanyone any idea what might be wrong?

Nov 26, 2011 22 Replies

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Mr Pounder 14 years ago

That would not affect a freezer. Single stat fridge freezer perhaps.

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dennis 14 years ago

There are limits on the temperature range over which freezers and fridges will operate correctly. there are a surprising number which quote relatively warm temperatures. For example the Zanussi ZFU228WO has a minimum operating temp of +16C.

Beko appear to be one that offer freezers that operate at low temps, they use a different refrigerant. For example the BEKO TZA603FB has a minimum operating temp of -16C

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Mr Pounder 14 years ago

Yes, but being that this one has been okay for the last 5 years ..

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