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Fridge on the blink (I think.)
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<blockquote data-quote="BryanDP" data-source="post: 3813064" data-attributes="member: 1111"><p>Tonight we noticed some ice cream my wife served was a bit "melty" so I checked the temperature. The fridge side is currently 48 degrees (should be 34 to 40) and the freezer side is 25 (should be 0 to 10.) So it's working, but not really. Luckily being that I'm in the food biz I had some space to offload food and caught it in time to not lose anything.</p><p></p><p>The unit is in a constantly temperature controlled home, temperature controls are set to maximum now (previously just the "recommended" setting), the coils are clean and there's no airflow blocking the inside so I assume we're dealing with low coolant but I thought the coils would be freezing up if that were the case. Maybe we're not quite to that point?</p><p></p><p>This unit was purchased by us new in 1998 so we've pretty much decided to get something new anyway but I figured I'd run the symptoms by the OSA collective brain trust to see if the thing was worth keeping as a barn fridge or something or if I should set it by the curb and call the city for pickup. (We wouldn't keep food in it but find having a place to put batteries and so forth that is temperature controlled at our rural property is a good thing.)</p><p></p><p>So what have I not thought of with the reported "still cold but not cold enough" ailment?</p><p></p><p>Thanks in advance for any advice!</p><p></p><p>Bryan</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BryanDP, post: 3813064, member: 1111"] Tonight we noticed some ice cream my wife served was a bit "melty" so I checked the temperature. The fridge side is currently 48 degrees (should be 34 to 40) and the freezer side is 25 (should be 0 to 10.) So it's working, but not really. Luckily being that I'm in the food biz I had some space to offload food and caught it in time to not lose anything. The unit is in a constantly temperature controlled home, temperature controls are set to maximum now (previously just the "recommended" setting), the coils are clean and there's no airflow blocking the inside so I assume we're dealing with low coolant but I thought the coils would be freezing up if that were the case. Maybe we're not quite to that point? This unit was purchased by us new in 1998 so we've pretty much decided to get something new anyway but I figured I'd run the symptoms by the OSA collective brain trust to see if the thing was worth keeping as a barn fridge or something or if I should set it by the curb and call the city for pickup. (We wouldn't keep food in it but find having a place to put batteries and so forth that is temperature controlled at our rural property is a good thing.) So what have I not thought of with the reported "still cold but not cold enough" ailment? Thanks in advance for any advice! Bryan [/QUOTE]
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