Refrigerator And Icemaker DIY Repairing

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Refrigerator Icemaker Repair
Compressor Is Running But Refrigerator Is Not Cold
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Check The Controls

• If your compressor is running and your
  refrigerator is warm
• in both compartments, first check your CONTROLS.
• Inside either the freezer or refrigerator
  compartment you will
• generally find at least two dial type controls.
• One of them, called the cold control, is an
  electric switch that
• starts and stops the compressor based on the
  temperature that it
• senses inside the compartment.
• The other dial is an air door that controls the
  small amount
• of air that passes to the food compartment while
  the evaporator
• fan is running.
• First, try turning the cold control to the "off"
  position or unplugging
• the fridge this will stop the compressor. Do you
  hear or feel a
• difference? If so, the compressor was running.

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Control Knobs
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Check The Condenser

• If you have a back-condenser refrigerator, make
  sure that nothing has fallen behind your fridge
  that might block the airflow.

• If you have a bottom condenser, remove the base
  plate
• From the bottom front of the refrigerator and
  look for any
• kind of blockage.

• Clean your condenser with a condenser brush.

• After you clean your condenser, pull the lower
  back panel
• off the fridge. Make sure that the condenser fan
  is running
• and not blocked by any loose insulation or other
  objects.

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Back-Mounted Condenser
Bottom Condenser
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Evaporator Fan

• Open your freezer door, depress all door
  switches and listen
• for the evaporator fan. If you do not hear it
  running, there's a
• problem. It might be ice-blocked, or it might
  have worn out and
• stopped. The door switch that operates it might
  be defective.

• If the evaporator fan is not running, You may
  need to pull off
• the entire evaporator panel. Check for anything
  that may be
• blocking the fan, including ice from a backed-up
  defrost drain
• or a frost problem. If something is blocking the
  fan, clear it out
• of the way. If the blockage is due to frost or
  ice, you must
• investigate the source and solve the problem.

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Frost problem

• Look at and feel the panel covering the bottom
  or back of the
• freezer compartment. Is it thick with frost? If
  the answer is yes,
• You need to remove it.

• Firstly, remove any icemaker that may be
  installed. You will see
• a removable panel covering the entire back or
  bottom of your
• freezer compartment.

• The panel may be frozen to the evaporator be
  careful you do
• not bend or break it. Sometimes it pays to take a
  few extra
• minutes and melt the ice a little bit first. This
  can usually be
• accomplished by placing a pan of very hot water
  in various
• places on the panel, or by blowing warm air on it
  with a blow-dryer.
• Do not melt all the ice just yet only enough to
  get the panel off.

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Evaporator Access Panel, Location and Airflow
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