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Turn the power off to the refrigerator and manually defrost the freezer until the freezer bis no longer cold and then replug the power cord
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If the self defrosting circuit is not working properly the freezer will ice up and internal temps will go up and thaw food. U indicate that it refreezes so whst could be the problem is the timer that controls the frequency and timing of the defrost cycle.
Hi, The would be a problem with the defrost sticking and staying on too long...change the defrost timer/control board out.... the defrost cycle is making the freezer warm and then it goes off and the freezer refreezes...
most times it fails the other way and does not work at all but sometimes this happens...
Kenmore Frostless Upright freezer model# 23971. The alarm sounded, all contents in freezer is frozen solid. We turned the alarm off, but the red light continues to blink. How do you reset the alarm and stop the red light from flashing? It has been 3 days now and every time we have check to see if the contents has started to defrost, there is no signs of defrosting, everything inside of the freezer remains frozen solid.
Make sure the compressor is running. If it isn't check the overload relays on the side of the compressor. Easy way to check is to unplug them from the compressor and shake. If the rattle replace. Other than freon this would be most likely cause. Hope this helps.
Absolutely not ! There are two types of defrost systems - timer (which relies on compressor run time) and adaptive (newer models) which relies on sensors and an electronic control and will defrost as needed...... During a defrost cycle your comrpessor and evap fan should be off, everything off - and no, a defrost cycle will NOT thaw your food in the freezer, not even your ice should melt ! To me this sounds like a defrost control problem - First thing service should check is your defrost timer and its components (control board, limiter, defrost thermostat, etc.) something is definately wrong.
Now with the advice above I am assuming that before the defrost cycle kicks in your freezer temp was in the normal range 10F and colder (0F is optimal) and refrigerator section cooler than 40F (optimal 34F). If so, then you should not have melting ICE in your freezer.
the heating fan which turns on and off for defrosting is eathier stuck and wont start to defrost fast enough its a 35 part if you can do it your self when this happens its the defrost elment is going out
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