Warm fridge

[thebassman]

I've just bought a second hand fridge/freezer, the freezer works very well, however, the fridge is warm and has no temp change at all. the light works. whats wrong? I've seen parts for it, but, don't know what to replace, the fan? or the thormostate? HELP!!!

[perigra]

are you sure it's not a microwave oven?

[thebassman]

It is a daewoo ERF-411M fridge/freezer

[beegeebee]

Usually when you've put the fridge/freezer into its final position, you are supposed to give it 24hours to settle down before switching on, if my memory is correct. B.

[ACtheTROLL]

ours pipes cold air from the freezer compartment
but others use separate compressors ... and without the proper gear you can't safely close the system.

just out of interest .... how do you know that the light switches off when you close the door??

[thebassman]

the light switch touches before the door shouts thus turning the light off before the door shuts. If the cold air is pumped from the freezer, then does that mean that i will need a new fan motor?

[J.JJ]

A fridge works by drawing moist air by convection to a cold plate situated at the rear of the fridge.
For this reason you should never put strawberries in a fridge and you should always cover moist items ie:-
boiled ham etc or they will dry out.

The moisture in this air then condenses and settles in a sloping channel which has access through a small hole / tube to the rear exterior of the fridge where this moisture is evaporated into the surrounding atmosphere by the heat given off by the compressor.

Please answer the following question so that I can help you.

Does the flat plate at the back of the fridge feel cold ( The condensing plate )

Just below the evaporation plate there should be a sloping channel which has a hole at the bottom of the slope, which goes out of the back of the fridge sometimes into a tube which hangs down and allows water to drip into a tray on the top of the compressor, so that it evaporates into the surrounding atmosphere outside the fridge.
Is this hole clear, if the hole is blocked the fridge cannot function properly and water will accumulate in the sloping channels.

I have saved quite a few customers from throwing out perfectly good fridges when the only fault was that the condensing plate did not function properly because the drainage hole beneath it was blocked.

A fridge consists of a sealed pipe arrangement filled with a liquid is pumped by the compressor. If the compressor fails you need special equipment to pressurize the system and seal the pipework. In most domestic units if the compressor fails it is more costly to replace the unit than to buy another fridge,

[thebassman]

the tray was hot when we had the unit on, but now it's cold, there is water in the tray, so, i would think that the pipe is also clear. the compressor is working. Does that mean that there might be more to it then meets the eye?