Questions & Answers for: fix short cycling freezer

...fix, or is it time to get a new freezer? If it still maintaining temperature but is short cycling your control for the temperature is wearing out causing the short cycling. This is a replaceable part ...

...fix it? no what rpobebly happened is that your freezer fillefd up with humidity and now its shorting out and tripping the breaker. make sure that theres no ice in the freezer also you should not ...

...during defrost, heaters not working, and such. Doubt that the t'stat would be the fix. Could be having a defrost cycle that is too short. Repairing all 3 plus the cost of a tech could get very

...is bad. you may be jiggling wires in the outlet enough to fix short term each time you replug to outlet or get a good heavy extension cord and plug in else where to seee if problem goes away.Good ...

...freezer. Coils are clean, just vaccuumed this summer. Likely defrost mode, which on older models runs for a fixed amount of time whether needed or not. The motor that times the cycle may be stuck or ...

...vary much from such a short temp increase. Fan will turn on if door is left open for several minutes to prevent damage from freezer light bulb heat. By the way, this is a Fix-Ya to a fellow

...short cycles' because the fresh food compartment acheives normal temperature while the freezer is relativel warm. If the panel is restricted from moving (stuck in the extreme open position, for ...

...short term have climbed up and rotated the timer until the compressor comes back on and re-freezes the unit. Is this a simple fix or do I need to spend big bucks again on a service call ???? Sounds ...

...short term fix, power the freezer off and let it defrost naturally, this will cure the immediate problem. In the long term, I presume that this is a self defrosting freezer, so you appear to have ...

...short cycling, it runs about 6 to 10 minutes and then cuts off. what can be the problem and how can we fix ... 1 answer · Top answer: OK so there are only 2 things that can cause this issue---either ...