Our Indesit fridge freezer seems to have popped it's clogs.
Light comes on, so I know there is power to it, but it's getter warmer inside and there isn't any noise coming from it.
Any ideas?
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9 years ago
Indesit fridge freezer
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9 years ago
The obvious, check nothing has moved the thermostat setting north and then drink all the beer now before it gets to warm to enjoy....
What's the complexity of the beast? A model number might help, then I could suggest a test by linking across the thermostat to see if the compressor runs. OTOH, if the thermostat is not direct mains but electronic, erm...
Have a look at the forum on
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If the compressor's not running its likely fixable quite cheaply.
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But that says; "Compressor dead Compressors can be replaced and the refrigerant gas refilled, but again most fridges aren't worth it".
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Someones got to do it I suppose....
It's a BIAA 134 FH if that helps.
Bugger to get to the back of it. The compressor vibrates and is very hot.
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Not a frost free f*ck pig is it?? If the compressor is hot to the touch then it is f***ed. If the compressor is trying to kick in and you hear a clicking sound, it is f***ed. If it is cold then it is most likely the thermostat. Cheap to buy, easy to fit.
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9 years ago
Correct.
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Compressor might be o/c, but much more likely its just not getting power.
NT
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Alas it is.
Very ho, not just warm.
It vibrates, no clicks.
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You can feel it vibrating.
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If it is claimed to be 'frost free' and the freezer is still relatively cold and the fridge is up at ambient or above then it's quite likely to have frozen the evaporator in a solid block of ice.
If so its fixable (bodgeable for maybe a 6 week cycle) with nothing more than a screwdriver, hammer and a hairdrier / wallpaper stripper in about 30 minutes.
It might also have a built in test function activated by a button sequence but forget that for now. Just check the temperatures at the air vents at the top of the fridge compartment, then remove the drawers in the freezer and measure the the rear wall of the freezer compartment preferably with an IR thermometer.
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You can cool the beer with a co 2 extinguisher of course. Brian
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Alas neither is working/cold.
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Fridge freezer remained dead as a doornail all over the weekend, SWMBO came home from work tonight and the bugger is working!!!!!
Can't trust it now, new one arriving Weds.
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You may have jumped too soon. Emptying it, leaving the doors open overnight with a fan heater blowing at it would have thawed the thing out. The problem would have eventually come back though. Frost free have timers, defrost heaters and other shitee. They are shit and have always been shit. In a past life I used to repair refrigeration and I hated the things. I sincerely hope that you have ordered a conventional fridge freezer?
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Good career choice:-) BTW I must get round to fixing the stat on my beer fridge. I have been using it with a timer for the last two years.
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I certainly have.
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Good man! It's not your fault that you are a southerner.
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Dave, you are not right very often but I'd tend to agree with you on this one.
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Being a Southerner isn't a fault, it's a blessing.
And we don't have a speech impediment like you whippet racers.