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Thread ID: 128098 2012-12-02 20:13:00 F & P fridge is now putting out warm air ! Digby (677) PC World Chat
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1315960 2012-12-02 20:13:00 Hi Guys

I am having problems with my fridge.

Its a medium sized F & P fridge that I bought new 4 year sago.

Just moved house and now after 2 weeks it is warm inside the fridge!

I have a bar of chocolate that was melting in it.

It was making a few noises yesterday.

And suggestions ?
Digby (677)
1315961 2012-12-02 20:21:00 Call a refrigeration engineer. Richard (739)
1315962 2012-12-02 20:23:00 Ahh! A new Fridge thread!!!

Sounds like this one has transmogrified into an oven...
johcar (6283)
1315963 2012-12-02 20:28:00 Could of damaged something on the outside and all or some of the gas has leaked out. Yeah call an expert in. Fridges are not a DIY. I suppose you checked the thermostat.
:)
Trev (427)
1315964 2012-12-02 20:33:00 This thread brings back memories (pressf1.pcworld.co.nz) - kudos to the OP for keeping a valuable PressF1 tradition alive :).

Now all we need is a plane on a treadmill (pressf1.pcworld.co.nz) :devil.
Erayd (23)
1315965 2012-12-02 20:40:00 This thread brings back memories (pressf1.pcworld.co.nz) - kudos to the OP for keeping a valuable PressF1 tradition alive :).

Now all we need is a plane on a treadmill (pressf1.pcworld.co.nz) :devil.

And some politics threads... or not :p
pcuser42 (130)
1315966 2012-12-02 20:46:00 how about a RWC thread or WAG thread lol Gobe1 (6290)
1315967 2012-12-02 21:09:00 Your fridge is suffering withdrawal symptoms. After the shift, it has decided to abandon its former frosty policies and have a thawing in relations. It obviously needs a new position raising bread and making yoghurt.
Either that or it has sprung a leak and lost its refrigerant as a part of a "We shall not be moved policy".
R2x1 (4628)
1315968 2012-12-02 21:22:00 Just repaired a fridge/freezer with this problem, a Westinghouse FreeStyle.

Is your fridge a frost-free type with a freezer below it?

Can you hear the fan going? Is the freezer cold but the fridge hot?

The defrost thermostat was the problem in the machine I looked at, part cost $55, unbelievable, no wonder the economy is stuffed.

Defrost thermostat has to go low at around 0degC to activate the heater that defrosts the evaporator and allows the fan to blow cold air up to the fridge, can't do that if the cooling elements are covered in ice because the thermostat is open circuit and the heater never heats.

A timer switches off the compressor when the heater is on.
zqwerty (97)
1315969 2012-12-02 22:00:00 Thanks Zqwerty

I'll check out your suggestions, they make sense to me.
Digby (677)
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