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Hello? H/A? Is your refrigerator running?... Cause mine isn't.
Athlantar
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Hey again H/A.
I come hat in hand looking for some help. As per the title, my refrigerator seems to not be cold at all. However, I can hear the whirr of the refrigerator going. The freezer is still cold, and seems to be working fine. I looked in the freezer to see if it vented the air into the fridge or somesuch, but it seems clear. I've checked the breakers for the fridge, they aren't tripped. Right now I have ice in buckets sitting in the fridge trying to keep it cold. Aside from that I'm not sure what to do. I've contacted the landlord, but I doubt it'll be fixed soon. The fridge is extremely old aswell.
A) Any guesses what might be wrong that I could fix? (I'm pretty handy, just never dealt with something like this)
What else can I do to preserve what I have in the fridge?
Thanks!!!
I come hat in hand looking for some help. As per the title, my refrigerator seems to not be cold at all. However, I can hear the whirr of the refrigerator going. The freezer is still cold, and seems to be working fine. I looked in the freezer to see if it vented the air into the fridge or somesuch, but it seems clear. I've checked the breakers for the fridge, they aren't tripped. Right now I have ice in buckets sitting in the fridge trying to keep it cold. Aside from that I'm not sure what to do. I've contacted the landlord, but I doubt it'll be fixed soon. The fridge is extremely old aswell.
A) Any guesses what might be wrong that I could fix? (I'm pretty handy, just never dealt with something like this)
What else can I do to preserve what I have in the fridge?Thanks!!!
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All i can recommend to keep the fridge cool is bags of ice, and keep the door closed as much as possible.
If you have meat that has not warmed above 40 degrees, you could toss it in the freezer.
Your freezer may not be working either, the frozen stuff in there is probably just keeping it cold.
Call again and let them known you're going to have to start throwing away food, and if that happens, they should expect to receive a bill for everything that was thrown away. That might light a fire in their ass.
And I can't vouch for the last time the entire works was defrosted, probably never. I just need this POS to hold out for one more month, and I'm outta here!
Thanks for the help, I hope this pans out nicely :P
This, except the condensor coil is on the outside to vent heat by way of radiant heat transfer.
The evaporator coil is inside and tends to freeze up if you allow an abundance of moisture into the box, compartment, room (larger applications). This could be because your door seals are in need of replacing or your drain to allow defrost runoff is plugged and is allowing condensation to build in the space. Moisture will condense and subsequently freeze on the evaporator coil and could inhibit the airflow over the fins/pipes reducing the efficiency of the refridgerant to transfer heat outside the space.
Putting a new fan in the box will not fix the moisture problem. Although if it is dying out it and running on lower RPMs it will allow what moisture is inside even on a healthy system to condense easier.
Fatty.