I have a Fisher & Paykel E442B with the frost-free freezer at bottom, fridge at top. A few weeks ago, I noticed pools of water would suddenly appear on the floor. I'd mop up and the problem would go away for 4 or 5 days.
Tonight when this happened I noticed that inside the freezer at the back is a long, horiztonal heating element and it was glowing orange-hot! After a few minutes it turned itself off.
Obviously this is the culprit doing some sort of auto-defrost but why is it coming on like that? And where is all the ice that it's obviously melting? What do I have to do to stop it? Thanks!
Sounds like the drain is blocked and maybe your element is not located correctly
SOURCE: We have a fisher and
not the seals. the drain is blocked. take the rear panel off inside the freezer and yoy will probably see an ice build up at the bottom. melt off with a hairdryer and follow up with hot water till water flows away freely. if you have ice build up all over the pipework, then you have a defrost system fault and get back to me
SOURCE: Fisher and Paykel Freezer
Very possible the door was accidently left open for a period of time. When that happens, moisture latches on to different areas which inturn creates ice build up. In short, do a good defrost and then restart freezer again.
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SOURCE: Freezer had ice, still works, and top stopped
it could be the auto defrost playing up or it could be the thermostat packed up,,,,
SOURCE: Hi, I have a Fisher and Paykel E402B
Your automatic defrosting circuit is not working. There are several components that can stop the defrosting process:
1. The defrost control
2. The defrost element
3. The defrost thermostat
Any one of the 3 can open cause the automatic defrosting process NOT to work.
If the defrost control fails, it just stops defrosting and ice builds up on the evaporator coils.
If the defrost element fails it will go into the defrost cycle and not cool again until the internal temps reach 60 Deg F.
If the defrost thermostat fails in the open position the heater will not heat up and the freezer will ice up.
There are 6 models of the R402B so I was not able to narrow down a source your exact parts data.
However, if the defrost control has failed the good news is the most expensive one is $18.95 AUD
Hopefully this gives you something to go on. I think it will either be the defrost control or the thermostat. If you can locate the defrost control turn it until it clicks ONCE and see if the unit shuts off and completes a defrost cycle. If it heats up but does not complete the defrost cycle again your looking at a problem with the defrost thermostat. If it does not heat at all then the problem is the heating element.
The defrost control will have 2 sloped tabs on it so that you can only turn the control one direction. The defrost control dial with the tabs will be no larger than 1/2 inch in diameter.
UK Parts: http://www.partmaster.co.uk/cgi-bin/search.pl?query=Fisher+%26Paykel+E402B
AU parts: https://www.statewideapp.com.au/shop
You most likely will have to make a "contact" enquiry at either site above. For the defrost tmer, heating element or the defrost thermostat.
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