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what a wonderful refrigerator
Monday, August 5th, 2013 11:35 pmRefrigerator wasn't cooling right this morning. Had a repair person check it. A piece of insulation had simply gotten stuck in the fan, keeping it from turning. Therefore, the motor would come on for a few minutes, overheat, and then a thermal shut-off switch would cause it to stop until it cooled off again. Once the errant piece of insulation was removed, the refrigerator started cooling down again.
Symptoms:
- Temperature in fridge and freezer too high
- Refrigerator still had power
- Motor came on once in a while, but only for a few minutes (~6) at a time
- I think cool air was still blowing into the freezer while the motor was on, but I'm not absolutely certain
- No warm air blew out of the bottom vent like it usually does, while the motor was on
Later, reading the refrigerator manual which I had downloaded, I was delighted to find out that my 30-year old refrigerator has a feature which "operates electric heaters around the door openings. These heaters help keep moisture from forming on the outside of the refrigerator". There's a switch in the back of the fridge for this, which has been turned OFF the whole time I've been here. I must have never paid it any attention, as the On position is clearly labeled "reduces exterior moisture".
Maybe with the switch turned ON, the fridge seals won't get moist and moldy, and I won't have to clean them anymore! (They've been getting grimy again lately, so cleaning them has been a task on my mental to-do list which I haven't been looking forward to).
Another thing I discovered is that the refrigerator has a night-light! There's a little button (not noticeable unless you're looking for it) next to the ice dispenser, labelled "Light". I may have seen the label before, but didn't understand what it meant, as I never noticed the button before now.
The manual doesn't even make much mention of one of the refrigerator's best features - the extra "Serva-Door" on the right side, which gives access to some shelves where you can store drinks, so that you can get to them quickly and easily without opening the main refrigerator doors.
Oh, and not to mention that the fridge has a "sentinel" display thingy that warns you about things like the fridge temperature being too high!
Symptoms:
- Temperature in fridge and freezer too high
- Refrigerator still had power
- Motor came on once in a while, but only for a few minutes (~6) at a time
- I think cool air was still blowing into the freezer while the motor was on, but I'm not absolutely certain
- No warm air blew out of the bottom vent like it usually does, while the motor was on
Later, reading the refrigerator manual which I had downloaded, I was delighted to find out that my 30-year old refrigerator has a feature which "operates electric heaters around the door openings. These heaters help keep moisture from forming on the outside of the refrigerator". There's a switch in the back of the fridge for this, which has been turned OFF the whole time I've been here. I must have never paid it any attention, as the On position is clearly labeled "reduces exterior moisture".
Maybe with the switch turned ON, the fridge seals won't get moist and moldy, and I won't have to clean them anymore! (They've been getting grimy again lately, so cleaning them has been a task on my mental to-do list which I haven't been looking forward to).
Another thing I discovered is that the refrigerator has a night-light! There's a little button (not noticeable unless you're looking for it) next to the ice dispenser, labelled "Light". I may have seen the label before, but didn't understand what it meant, as I never noticed the button before now.
The manual doesn't even make much mention of one of the refrigerator's best features - the extra "Serva-Door" on the right side, which gives access to some shelves where you can store drinks, so that you can get to them quickly and easily without opening the main refrigerator doors.
Oh, and not to mention that the fridge has a "sentinel" display thingy that warns you about things like the fridge temperature being too high!