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Household Hints & Help

JayhawkSD

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6. Frost free refrigerators have heaters in them

Reply to grasswire (Original post)

Thu Oct 10, 2013, 12:21 AM

Oct 2013

They are used to defrost the freezer, and they burn out. The first symptom is that the non-freezer part becomes warm. The ice buildup in the freezer will not show up, because it is inside the walls of the freezer section, but it prevents the cold air from blowing into the non-freezer compartment. Odds are your heaters have failed.

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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