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My Freezer Stops Freezing Then Starts Again?
If you are not hearing your compressor clicking, and your freezer is not cooling, it may be that the compressor, or components that initiate it, are bad. If you do hear the compressor motor running, but the freezer is not cooling at all, there may be an issue with the evaporator or condenser coils. If your evaporator coils are frozen, then required air cannot get past them, which could cause the freezer not to ice up properly. If the rear part of your freezer, where your evaporator coils are located, is very heavily frozen, then you may run into trouble with the defrost.
Another cause for the consistent thawing/freezing is if the coils on your fridges evaporator are frozen/clogged. Frost built solely at the rear of your freezer part, which is where your evaporator coil is located, indicates an issue in your defrost cycle. Giving your freezer a couple days to reset and defrost completely will allow the freezers evaporator coils and other mechanisms to thaw, which should make it function better.
If your freezers condenser fan has frozen, defrost the freezer before turning it back on. Open the freezer door and find the condenser fan unit (it is located in the back of the freezer). If the evaporator fan is not working, then cold air is not being circulated into the refrigerator compartment.
The temperature-control thermostat tracks your refrigerators temperature, then sends just the right amount of electrical power to the evaporator fan motor, the compressor, and, if your fridge has one, to the condenser fan motor, so that everything is working correctly.
The temperature control thermostat sends voltage to different parts of your freezer, and if that does not work correctly, your freezer does not get cold. Another reason why your Fridaire freezer may not work correctly is that your temperature control thermostat has stopped working. A faulty thermostat would send no electricity to the refrigerant system, and therefore, your freezer would not be cooling. If broken, a thermostat will not be able to read temperatures accurately, telling your appliance exactly how cold the freezer is.
If the thermostat is adjusted incorrectly, the refrigerator will shut down and restart as temperatures rise. So, once you have got the fridge-freezer combo working again, you can test the thermostat to find out exactly how hot the interior is getting, as well as what is in it.
Once it is cleaned or defrosted, reassemble your cooler, power it up, and see if the problem has been solved (you will need to wait a couple hours to know). If you have cleaned, defrosted, and sealed-tested the refrigerator, and everything seems fine, try pulling the unit from the wall and wiping down the coils using the crevice tool or brush attachment.
If your freezer door still does not seal properly after cleaning, you may need to replace your freezers seals or realign the freezer doors. If the freezer door seal is not working, you will have to buy a replacement freezer door seal and install it on your appliance, as explained in the video below. Faulty/Damaged Door Seal: If the seal on your freezer door is seriously damaged, you run the risk of the cold air coming out of your appliance, while hotter air coming in from the outside of your appliance. Generally, you can tell that your freezer compressor is not working when you hear no sounds coming from within the freezer.
The compressor produces, then circulates, refrigerant through your freezer, so if your compressor has gone bad, the freezer is not freezing. A typical freezer works by compressing, condensing, and vaporizing a coolant gas in order to draw heat away from items being frozen. It works on the concept that a gas, when compressed to a liquid, releases heat. If you put dry ice in a freezer, it will keep frozen foods from melting for a while.
If you are using an older refrigerator model, this may cause excess ice to accumulate around your freezer and coiled in your cooler. If your freezer is placed in a region that is too warm or cold, your freezer will have to work harder to maintain a proper temperature, and that could lead to defects developing.
If the environment is too cold, your freezer might not receive enough running time to keep the temperature. If this happens, the freezer can remain cold, but the fridge cannot. If you keep the freezer door open for too long, food will start to thaw, so the freezer has to work harder to thaw it all back. If you are keeping your temperatures up, then you could run into freezer problems.
Other causes include parts of your freezer that are not working anymore, like evaporators or condensers. Other causes for the thawing may include a coil in the evaporator freezing, the loss of refrigerant, or a thermostat that is not set to the proper temperature, the list goes on.
In a fridge that has just an evaporator, the evaporator is located in the freezer compartment. The evaporator fan motor draws air across the (cooling) evaporator coils and circulates it through the cooler and freezer compartments. The evaporator draws heat away from the freezer, cools down its contents, and converts coolant to hot vapor. The job of this freezer is to move the air through condenser coils and distribute it across the entire device.
The purpose of a temperature-controlled thermostat is to monitor your freezers temperature, then tell your control board how much voltage to send to the fan and the condenser compressor, so that your freezer can chill. To test the evaporator fan motor, your freezer maintenance specialist will open your units doors and manipulate the door switches.
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