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Posted by Stormin Mormon on March 21, 2007, 1:07 am
Sure sounds to me like low freon. Now, the challenge is to get an
appliance repair guy out to charge it up. Please let us know how
much that ends up costing. (I'm probably too cheap.)
--
Christopher A. Young
You can't shout down a troll.
You have to starve them.
.
:
: Thanks for the idea. I do agree that the fridge side is
connected to
: the freezer side, but when I discovered that the bottom 3/4 of
the
: evaporator had no frost (ie above 32 degrees) after running an
hour
: (and now 24 hours with the same result), I thought I could
dismiss any
: discussion of ice build-up anywhere. It can barely get below
right on
: next to the inlet side of the evaporator coils, much less
maintain
: less than 32 in the duct. :
:
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Posted by Stormin Mormon on March 21, 2007, 1:05 am
If the only problem is a clogged duct (yes, I've seen clogged
ducts) then the freezer would be bitter cold, rock hard ice
cream.
What the OP is decribing sounds a LOT like low freon. As it's
past 1993 model, it's almost certain to be R-134A. No way to know
how fast the leak is, might leak out in a day or a year. But, if
this was my customer, I'd add freon and see how long it lasts.
--
Christopher A. Young
You can't shout down a troll.
You have to starve them.
.
: On 19 Mar 2007 18:32:36 -0700, "DRS.Usenet@sengsational.com"
:
: >nlet tube in the zero degree
: >range, outlet tube in the 25 degree range, but inlet and
outlet are
: >both on the top. On the bottom (half-way through the path),
the
: >temperature was 45 degrees! Temperature of coils under the
toe kick
: >are 77 degrees, the room is 70 degrees.
:
:
: There is a cold air transfer duct between your freezer
compartment and
: your main fridge compartment. That's what the fan is for, to
transfer
: the cold air. Check the plastic grille covers in both
compartments to
: satisfy yourself that there is such a duct running inside the
fridge's
: back wall. This duct can become blocked by a build up of ice.
Just
: do this. It will save a lot of explanations. Remove all the
contents
: in the fridge. Let the whole fridge thaw overnight with all
the
: fridge doors open. Use this opportunity to clean out the
insides of
: the fridge. Put a towel on the fridge floor to soak up the
melt
: water/ The fridge should work fine after the big thaw. Put
your palm
: against the plastic grille outlet. You should feel cold air
coming
: through.
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Posted by DRS.Usenet@sengsational.com on April 15, 2007, 5:54 pm
On Mar 21, 1:05 am, "Stormin Mormon" <cayoung61-
&spambloc...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> What the OP is decribing sounds a LOT like low freon. As it's
> past 1993 model, it's almost certain to be R-134A. No way to know
> how fast the leak is, might leak out in a day or a year. But, if
> this was my customer, I'd add freon and see how long it lasts.
Thanks to all in this group for the advice and council. I ended-up
getting a new refrigerator (Amana bottom freezer ABB2522FEW) which is
supposed to use 475 kWh per year...pretty decent for a 25 CF unit.
I never did "call the man"*, so I didn't get an estimate for juicing-
up the freon. I suspect that would have worked, but I also suspect
I'd be looking for another fridge within a year, or maybe a month, of
that repair. So, having a higher weighting on sanity than cash flow,
I went with the new fridge.
--Dale--
* Remember the old Andy Griffith show where Aunt Bea wanted to squeeze
more mileage out of the old freezer, and Andy kept saying "Call the
man!"?
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