Power ON but unit does not get cold

This may or may not help, but I have a Salton Wine Cellar, model: WC-2034. I purchased it almost 3 years ago, after approx 2 years, it stopped working (ie: remaining cool). The store I purchased it from closed down, and warranty was over for the unit. Salton was unable to help, but referred me to another company locally that could fix it. I contacted them, but they said it wouldn't be worthwhile to fix it, as the costs would be close to that of a new unit.

It seemed terrible to throw this entire unit away, but we weren't left with a choice.

I was close to finally getting removing the unit, when I figured I'd take a look at it. Please keep in mind this MAY NOT be the same as the unit you have.

On the back of my unit (WC-2034) there is a fan behind a metal enclosure. I unscrewed this enclosure.

There was a HEAVY amount of dust collected on the fan. (THE PROBLEM!)

The fan is screwed onto a heatsink by 4 screws. I used a vacuum and removed what dust I could, then I removed the fan by taking off the 4 screws. There is another mount that covers a portion of the heatsink. It is held on by 4 screws. I removed this, and was now able to vacuum out a huge amount of the dust collected inside of the heatsink. I also vacuumed the backside of the fan, and pretty much anywhere else there was dust collected.

I screwed everything back together, and placed some cold cans of pop from my fridge into the wine cellar and turned it on.

Noticeable I noticed the temp dropping on the unit. After testing it all day today, I have only been able to get the temp to drop to a min of 8C but that is MUCH better than what it was able to. I don't need it any colder then that, and I'm glad I didn't have to fill up our landfills with this, by only doing 10 mins of work. Hopefully this helps others out! This may or may not help, but I have a Salton Wine Cellar, model: WC-2034. I purchased it almost 3 years ago, after approx 2 years, it stopped working (ie: remaining cool). The store I purchased it from closed down, and warranty was over for the unit. Salton was unable to help, but referred me to another company locally that could fix it. I contacted them, but they said it wouldn't be worthwhile to fix it, as the costs would be close to that of a new unit. It seemed terrible to throw this entire unit away, but we weren't left with a choice. I was close to finally getting removing the unit, when I figured I'd take a look at it. Please keep in mind this MAY NOT be the same as the unit you have. On the back of my unit (WC-2034) there is a fan behind a metal enclosure. I unscrewed this enclosure. There was a HEAVY amount of dust collected on the fan. (THE PROBLEM!) The fan is screwed onto a heatsink by 4 screws. I used a vacuum and removed what dust I could, then I removed the fan by taking off the 4 screws. There is another mount that covers a portion of the heatsink. It is held on by 4 screws. I removed this, and was now able to vacuum out a huge amount of the dust collected inside of the heatsink. I also vacuumed the backside of the fan, and pretty much anywhere else there was dust collected. I screwed everything back together, and placed some cold cans of pop from my fridge into the wine cellar and turned it on. Noticeable I noticed the temp dropping on the unit. After testing it all day today, I have only been able to get the temp to drop to a min of 8C but that is MUCH better than what it was able to. I don't need it any colder then that, and I'm glad I didn't have to fill up our landfills with this, by only doing 10 mins of work. Hopefully this helps others out!