Our fridge is freezing food placed at the back and ice is forming on the back wall of the inside of the fridge. This is happening regardless of thermostat setting. Anyone know why this is happening and, better still, how to fix it?
Thanks
Couple of possibilities...
Too much in it and/or loose wrappings in use. Air must be able to flow freely around inside a fridge in order to keep it all at the right temperature. If it can't, parts get too cold, and less obviously other parts don't get cold enough.
Door not closing or door seal defective, so that there's a continuous exchange of air from the room through the fridge. Check that door seal will grip a till receipt all the way around.
Thermostat failed/stuck full on? Unusual, as they tend to fail off. Do you ever hear the compressor going on and off? Good news is that replacements are cheap (see eBay) and can be DIYed, but you'll want to make sure that's really the problem.
Chris
I addition to Mr Gabriel's comments, thermostat stuck on? These days the thermostat may not be an electromechanical device. Ours has a thermistor and control board. The fridge occasionally goes into freezer mode, with ice build up on the back wall and freezing stuff in the salad crisper. Waggling the temperature adjustment control pot will clear it for a while but it's still not 100% at keeping the temp steady.
Also worth checking that the pipe at the back that the defrost water goes out of isn't blocked as that happens easily with gunge falling down inside the fridge . It's usually fed from a v shaped plastic channel on the inside back wall of the fridge and goes through the back wall of the fridge to be deposited on top of the compressor tank thingy to evaporate .Poke a wire through it from inside the fridge and then flush with boiling water to clear it out
neil leslie expressed precisely :
In addition to the other comments...
It might just be an insulation failure. Sometimes the insulation can fail. The symptom will be lots of water pouring from the insulation if it is given enough time to defrost.
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