Hello all!
A few days ago my SO noticed that our fridge was warm. We pulled everything out and found that the coils in the back of the freezer were iced up. We tried to force Defrost mode (unplug for 30 seconds, turn thermostat off, and plug fridge back in/ 15 seconds off, 5 seconds on) but could not get it to work. I think we were doing that wrong..
Anyways, we got a hair dryer and melted the ice as we were in a rush to save the perishables that I had stored there. There was a very weak airflow coming through and we agreed to let it completely (and naturally) thaw out once I moved the frozen milk to another place. However, we noticed that it is frozen over again. When we took things apart to see where the airflow stopped between the freezer to fridge, we noticed that we had airflow to the top of the freezer before it was pushed into the fridge (even though the coils were iced up) but not going through from the freezer to the fridge. This lead us to believe that it was the little fan between the freezer and fridge.
However because the coils are not properly defrosted, we are wondering if it could be the heater just not cutting on. (The freezer is working, by the way)
So our question is (TLDR): If the air damper/diffuser?? (this part https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=pcAqokRguy8) is not working properly can that lead to the coils in the freezer to begin to ice or freeze over? Or the coils being frozen is stopping airflow to begin with?
Thank you for your time.
edit : wording
Submitted December 04, 2015 at 06:47AM by Wolfblaine http://ift.tt/1N6DOdv appliancerepair
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