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Posted by on August 20, 2006, 5:01 pm
Hi, I have a GE top-bottom refrigerator, I suspect it's around 10 years
old at most?
Anyways, I noticed once or twice a day, the temperature in the freezer
will go up a lot (I have a thermometer in there). It's usually at
around -10 F to 0 F, but during this time it will go up as high as 45
F, and then come back down. Usually does this for about an hour.
The fridge does the same thing, but to a lesser extent, the warmest
I've seen it get is maybe 42 F, or around there.
So the problem seems to be in the freezer, but is this a problem, or is
this just the way the auto defrost works?
It's a bit unnerving to see the temperature climb to 45 F in the
Freezer, but it doesn't seem to thaw anything out (the ice cream just
gets a tad soft), so maybe it's not a problem, but I wasn't sure if
this was normal or not.
Thank you!
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Posted by Stormin Mormon on August 20, 2006, 8:43 pm
Yep, it's normal. Should be about 20 minutes, either three or four
times a day. I agree, it's frieky.
--
Christopher A. Young
You can't shout down a troll.
You have to starve them.
.
Hi, I have a GE top-bottom refrigerator, I suspect it's around 10
years
old at most?
Anyways, I noticed once or twice a day, the temperature in the freezer
will go up a lot (I have a thermometer in there). It's usually at
around -10 F to 0 F, but during this time it will go up as high as 45
F, and then come back down. Usually does this for about an hour.
The fridge does the same thing, but to a lesser extent, the warmest
I've seen it get is maybe 42 F, or around there.
So the problem seems to be in the freezer, but is this a problem, or
is
this just the way the auto defrost works?
It's a bit unnerving to see the temperature climb to 45 F in the
Freezer, but it doesn't seem to thaw anything out (the ice cream just
gets a tad soft), so maybe it's not a problem, but I wasn't sure if
this was normal or not.
Thank you!
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Posted by on August 20, 2006, 8:46 pm
Thank you for the response.
So even if the temperature in the freezer is going this high, it won't
keep thawing and refreezing food, thus messing up food quality?
Stormin Mormon wrote:
> Yep, it's normal. Should be about 20 minutes, either three or four
> times a day. I agree, it's frieky.
>
> --
>
> Christopher A. Young
> You can't shout down a troll.
> You have to starve them.
> .
>
> Hi, I have a GE top-bottom refrigerator, I suspect it's around 10
> years
> old at most?
>
> Anyways, I noticed once or twice a day, the temperature in the freezer
> will go up a lot (I have a thermometer in there). It's usually at
> around -10 F to 0 F, but during this time it will go up as high as 45
> F, and then come back down. Usually does this for about an hour.
>
> The fridge does the same thing, but to a lesser extent, the warmest
> I've seen it get is maybe 42 F, or around there.
>
> So the problem seems to be in the freezer, but is this a problem, or
> is
> this just the way the auto defrost works?
>
> It's a bit unnerving to see the temperature climb to 45 F in the
> Freezer, but it doesn't seem to thaw anything out (the ice cream just
> gets a tad soft), so maybe it's not a problem, but I wasn't sure if
> this was normal or not.
>
> Thank you!
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Posted by on August 20, 2006, 8:47 pm
Oh, and just in case my original post was confusing, it is the FREEZER
that is going up as high as 45 degrees. Hence why I'm so concerned.
Fridge, that would not be a big deal, but if the freezer is going up
that high, it just makes me worry something's wrong.
Stormin Mormon wrote:
> Yep, it's normal. Should be about 20 minutes, either three or four
> times a day. I agree, it's frieky.
>
> --
>
> Christopher A. Young
> You can't shout down a troll.
> You have to starve them.
> .
>
> Hi, I have a GE top-bottom refrigerator, I suspect it's around 10
> years
> old at most?
>
> Anyways, I noticed once or twice a day, the temperature in the freezer
> will go up a lot (I have a thermometer in there). It's usually at
> around -10 F to 0 F, but during this time it will go up as high as 45
> F, and then come back down. Usually does this for about an hour.
>
> The fridge does the same thing, but to a lesser extent, the warmest
> I've seen it get is maybe 42 F, or around there.
>
> So the problem seems to be in the freezer, but is this a problem, or
> is
> this just the way the auto defrost works?
>
> It's a bit unnerving to see the temperature climb to 45 F in the
> Freezer, but it doesn't seem to thaw anything out (the ice cream just
> gets a tad soft), so maybe it's not a problem, but I wasn't sure if
> this was normal or not.
>
> Thank you!
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Posted by JimL on August 21, 2006, 11:43 am
On 20 Aug 2006 14:01:34 -0700, lostintime95@gmail.com wrote:
>Hi, I have a GE top-bottom refrigerator, I suspect it's around 10 years
>old at most?
>
>Anyways, I noticed once or twice a day, the temperature in the freezer
>will go up a lot (I have a thermometer in there). It's usually at
>around -10 F to 0 F, but during this time it will go up as high as 45
>F, and then come back down. Usually does this for about an hour.
>
>The fridge does the same thing, but to a lesser extent, the warmest
>I've seen it get is maybe 42 F, or around there.
>
>So the problem seems to be in the freezer, but is this a problem, or is
>this just the way the auto defrost works?
>
>It's a bit unnerving to see the temperature climb to 45 F in the
>Freezer, but it doesn't seem to thaw anything out (the ice cream just
>gets a tad soft), so maybe it's not a problem, but I wasn't sure if
>this was normal or not.
>
>Thank you!
Mine never does that. Where is your thermometer, next to the door
heater?
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