I have a Hotpoint Fridge Freezer ffp 187m that has stopped working. Man came out and diagnosed a failed Control Board. Didn't have one. Came back today and fitted a new one. But tells me there is a delay on them before start up. He says could be up to TWO Hours !! He waited about 20 mins and has buggered off. An hour or so later, still no sound.................
Could this be right ??
It's just about plausible that they've fitted a delay circuit to allow the refrigerant to settle after delivery. The usual advice whenever a fridge is moved is to leave for a period before powering it up.
Tim
But are you saying that because you have knowledge of such a feature on a Hotpoint branded fridge. Personally I haven't encountered such a delay in any make of fridge other than the short (less than a minute) delay preventing the compressor restarting after it has stopped.
Nope. Never even heard of a fridge with a "control board. I was just hypothesising what *could* be done with a control board and why.
Tim
Some have an 8 minute delay when freshly plugged in. This is in case of being accidentally switch off and then quickly switched on again. The idea is to stop the compressor overloading.
I'd be worried.
4hrs 20min now, Any developments?My Fridgemaster waited about five mins before it burst forth when new, and I'd say that was reasonable, but 2 hours? really?? I tend to doubt it myself.
Brian
My old Hitachi had a control board, but it seemed it was involved with fast freeze and the cycle of the frost free gubbins and its associated pretty light display.. grin. Brian
I certainly sounds a wee bit unlikely but then again, the OP hasn't been back in touch so my guess is that it has started up.
Tim
Often that's just done with a slow (thermal) self-reset circuit breaker in the compressor connection block, which trips out for a minute or so if the compressor tries to start up before the dynamic pressure in the refrigerant circuit has dropped from last run, causing the compressor to draw higher locked rotor current. (Fridge compressors are designed with pretty much no spare starting torque, and can't start the compressor if the still presurised from the previous run. This is in order to make them run as efficiently as possible.)
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