Just to be sure that your door is sealing properly, put a flashlight into the freezer and turn off all of the lights in the
room to see if there are any openings in the seal. Iam suggesting you this coz sometimes a small opening may pass our eyes easily....
if the door is sealing properly......
If this is the type of freezer where the shelves are the evaporator
coils, the coolant goes through the shelves(tubing) and the formation
of frost is normal and has to be manually defrosted.All the shelves
should be as cold asd the top one. The fact that just one has any frost
may indicate that it is low on freon. If this is the case you should
notice that the freezer doesn't get cold enought just like you said... so check your freon levels.
This could also be because of the thermostat not sensing when the fridge
reaches its set temperature and as a result of this the compressor will
keep on running and build-up of ice will occur.
Follow the advices in the order prescribed above and you should be set
Only the top shelf is cold. Items on the middle shelf (jug of Water) freezes after 3 days. How do I check the freon level?
Firstly, 'freon' is just a brand name for what is properly called
refrigerant. In order to legally determine whether or not you have
sufficient refrigerant in your system you would need a special
certification from the EPA.
I suggest you call someone in who is properly certified to take a look at it. You need very specialized equipment to add refrigerant and test pressure. It canot be done without proper experience. if after doing the flash light test and confirming there is no seal problems this is the only way forward
Defrosted freezer and left unplugged for 3 hours. Cleaned and dried interior of freezer. Plugged it back in and set control to 7 (Coldest). Checked seal using the recommended flashlight method. No gaps in door seal.
This freezer has 5 shelves, only 1 is adjustable. The other 4 are the freezer elements and are piped to the condenser and compressor. There is another freezer element attached to the top of the freezer compartment. I think this is the condenser.
After 24 hour of being plugged in and set at 7 the interior temperature is 66 degrees F (ambient 74 degrees). There is a 2 inch ice ball formed on the top shelf in the left rear corner, near where the tubing connects to the shelf. There are water drops on the shelf extending about 4 inches from the ice ball.
The compressor appears to be running continuously and is hot to the touch.
What do you recommend?
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