My chefmate mini fridge that I bought less than a year ago just stopped working. I turned it off and then turned it on again. still nothing. I can't return it since I bought it at Target and it's been longer than 90 days. Any advice to repair?
SOURCE: Chefmate RS-06DR mini Fridge (1.6 Cubic Feet)
My chefmate is **** because the internal fan is garbage, its cheap, it
doesn't work or give enough flow, try a higher flow unit. You can get
the 12v at tigerdirect.com with some high flow (AND LIGHTS :) ) for a
few bucks to save your 100 dollar investment. The removal of the orig
fan is easy. The evap is a good setup, but the cooling setup for it
seems to be sh*t. Cheap fans = cheap setup and this is why everyone
hates these units cause it can't pump the goods.
For the record my fan died, so my evap and fan froze over completely
and spoiled my food and burned out the fan completely and probably
helped to short it. I can get it going if I flicker the fan with my
finger but she is dead and can't catch naturally. You could replace the
chefmate fan with most computer fans too... fyi if you got a junk tower
laying around.
While your at it clean the fans on the back and take off the back panel
which kicks out the hot air from the hot flow. It helps if your unit is
older (a year plus+ in a dorm is like 4 in a clean house lol)
SOURCE: (1.7 cu) Chefmate Fridge Doesn't Get Cold
The Chefmate 1.7 fridge uses a thermalelectric device (TED) to provide cold air. There are no moving parts there. The problem is usually in the power supply. That is the PCB on the left side behind the back cover. If the fans are running then your thermostat is bad or the TED is cracked. You can buy these ebay or other places on line. To change one you must carefully remove the large heat sink. The TED itself is only about two inches square. If you decide to replace this unit be sure to get a supply of heat sink glue. Otherwise you will end up with a hot (or cold) spot on the TED possitly causing another crack.
SOURCE: chefmate mini fridge no more
OK If this is a U-line refrigerator. Is the compressor running? The Fan? If both are running then you will have a sealed system issue. If nothing is running then it goes to the thermostat. Bypass the 2 wires from the thermostat to see if it runs.Yes, then replace the thermostat.
SOURCE: I have a Chefmate Mini Fridge - BC-50A that does
it could be the thermostat is not switching them on, try changing the settings on them, if it still dont work you may need new thermostats fitted,
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Exact same problem and same CHEFMATE fridge. I got it last august to take to college from TARGET as well. Last night it was still working and this morning when i woke up it stopped randomly.
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