Warm fridge freezer

John Rumm · 2010-02-08T21:31:07+00:00

SWMBO noticed the freezer in the Hotpoint FF (largish frost free beastie, about 8 - 10 years old) was getting too warm. Slapped a thermometer probe in there and sure enough its only getting down to about -6C. Fridge seems ok. Compressers is running, sounds normal, and cycling as normal. First thought was it might be the circulation fan in the freezer, but having uncovered that yesterday, it still seems to spin up freely. The other clue is that the rear heatsink coils do not feel warm enough to the touch, suggesting lack of heat pumping.Any thoughts about things to investigate etc before an expensive shopping trip looms?

Feb 08, 2010 41 Replies

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John Rumm 16 years ago

Yup heated room. My de-icing attempts got the temperature back to something below -20 (as low as my digital thermometer goes), so that seems to be ok. I still need to check the de-icing timer though.

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John 16 years ago

Looking promising then - at least you know the freezer is working properly.

Drag it out and find that timer. Incidentally - if you can find the instructions it may explain the defrost cycle.

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