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Household Hints & Help

NYC_SKP

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1. Gotta give it a full defrost and inspect.

Reply to grasswire (Original post)

Wed Oct 9, 2013, 11:13 PM

Oct 2013

Assuming this is not a frost free fridge, I've seen ports between top and bottom freeze up and not work until a full thaw-down was conducted, which can take a couple days.

Need make and model and serial number which often indicated date of manufacture.

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trouble shooting the fridge [View all] grasswire Oct 2013 OP

Gotta give it a full defrost and inspect. NYC_SKP Oct 2013 #1

how do I know if it's a frost free fridge? grasswire Oct 2013 #2

More or less, if it's post-1990 it's frost free. NYC_SKP Oct 2013 #3

there was a little ice on the back wall of the freezer. Nothing like the old kind though. grasswire Oct 2013 #4

Sounds like an older unit. It has just one compressor. NYC_SKP Oct 2013 #5

Frost free refrigerators have heaters in them JayhawkSD Oct 2013 #6