Kitchen Large Electric Appliances - Whirlpool Refrigirator
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moa
11-28-05, 02:23 PM
Top freezer works. Some heary frost appearing on walls and food.
No cooling in the bottom refrigiration area. I need to figure out what is the problem. Thank you
No cooling in the bottom refrigiration area. I need to figure out what is the problem. Thank you
dave6466
11-28-05, 05:37 PM
Sounds like a defrost problem. Could be your timer, heating element, or thermostat.
Take the back panel off of your freezer inside to get at coils. If coils are a big blog of ice you know its a defrost problem. There is a heating element at the bottom of coils that could be burned out. The fun part is finding where the defrost timer is located. Some mount it behind the kick plate at the bottom front of the fridge, sometimes its in the back by the compressor, others mount it in the area around the cold control inside the fridge. Once you find the timer, turn the dial clockwise untill it clicks & compressor shuts off. Thats the defrost cycle. You should then see the heating element glow red after a little while. If heating element works, timer is bad. If heating element doesn't come on, replace heating element & the small round thermostat clipped onto the coils. I use a hair dryer to melt the excess ice off of the coils. Dave
Take the back panel off of your freezer inside to get at coils. If coils are a big blog of ice you know its a defrost problem. There is a heating element at the bottom of coils that could be burned out. The fun part is finding where the defrost timer is located. Some mount it behind the kick plate at the bottom front of the fridge, sometimes its in the back by the compressor, others mount it in the area around the cold control inside the fridge. Once you find the timer, turn the dial clockwise untill it clicks & compressor shuts off. Thats the defrost cycle. You should then see the heating element glow red after a little while. If heating element works, timer is bad. If heating element doesn't come on, replace heating element & the small round thermostat clipped onto the coils. I use a hair dryer to melt the excess ice off of the coils. Dave
ecman1
11-29-05, 07:01 PM
Is the freezer fan going when the ref. calls for cooling/compressor runs (you can hear that).
Is the defrost cup/tubing frozen over inside the top/rear refrigerator section? Look. Use hair dryer to thaw out, if so. Remove the rear defrost catch cup (they often just pull out with some force, and take a piece of rubber tubing that can fit the hole with almost no air leakage, and try to blow down the defrost line to see if you can freely blow thru it. If not, first point hair dryer at the location. Try again. If not, try pipe cleaner like device to root around inside.
Is the refrigerator level? Out of level refrigeratof can cause defrost melt in the defrost cycle not to run to the rear center drain hole and can just sit in there as water and refreeze. Then cause the problems I mentioned in the 2nd paragraph, to boot.
Sometimes temporary defrost drain line blockage causes problem. If I suspect that, I will often advance the timer to defrost mode to help to desolve more ice from the coils and then I will watch and see if defrost drain water is making it's way to the pan under the refrigerator - or on some, they sit ontop the compressor in a metal tray. If no drain water is in there, or not entering now, then you stil have a blockage.
Is the defrost cup/tubing frozen over inside the top/rear refrigerator section? Look. Use hair dryer to thaw out, if so. Remove the rear defrost catch cup (they often just pull out with some force, and take a piece of rubber tubing that can fit the hole with almost no air leakage, and try to blow down the defrost line to see if you can freely blow thru it. If not, first point hair dryer at the location. Try again. If not, try pipe cleaner like device to root around inside.
Is the refrigerator level? Out of level refrigeratof can cause defrost melt in the defrost cycle not to run to the rear center drain hole and can just sit in there as water and refreeze. Then cause the problems I mentioned in the 2nd paragraph, to boot.
Sometimes temporary defrost drain line blockage causes problem. If I suspect that, I will often advance the timer to defrost mode to help to desolve more ice from the coils and then I will watch and see if defrost drain water is making it's way to the pan under the refrigerator - or on some, they sit ontop the compressor in a metal tray. If no drain water is in there, or not entering now, then you stil have a blockage.