Broken Fridge Freezer?

Question

The other day I opened up my fridge and noticed that the inside of it is room temperature and that food had went off. It is a 2.5 years old Candy fridge/freezer unit - it is not self-defrosting.

I had noticed the day before that there was the sound of water trickling down the back of it, loud enough to be noticable from anywhere in my kitchen. The unit is getting power (e.g. the light goes on) and the motor is making the usual buzzing sound. I can still hear a trickling fluid sound (like water bubbling and running slowly) when I switch it on.

The freezer part is also slowly defrosting, although it still has ice in it which has been slowly melting for over two days now. I have left the unit on because I initially thought only the fridge part had broken.

Any ideas what the problem is and how to fix it? Is a new fridge/freezer the only way?

Adrian Brentnall · Accepted Answer

Hi Joe I had a similar problem a few months back - and found a very helpful chap on Ebay (who, strangely enough, I went to primary school with about 300 years ago !).  He not only supplies spare thermostats (a very easy DIY fitting job, in my case) - but will also give email assistance in diagnosing / fixing faulty fridges. Search eBay for item no 7513910650 ..... Just before anybody asks - I'm not on commission - just a very happy customer who saved the price of a new fridge for under a tenner ! Hope this helps Adrian Suffolk UK ======return email munged================= take out the papers and the trash to reply

Asimov · Answer

"NSM" bravely wrote to "All" (10 May 05 01:40:05) --- on the heady topic of "Re: Broken Fridge Freezer?"

NS> From: "NSM" NS> Xref: aeinews alt.home.repair:18809 misc.consumers.house:22393 NS> rec.food.equipment:8882 sci.electronics.repair:47731 uk.d-i-y:21439

NS> Sure? Usually the first thing to suspect is the defroster element.

Isn't "self-defrosting" pretty much a standard feature these days? In my experience the defroster element is pretty robust but the problem area was more often the "defrost timer clock" getting stuck. Another is the thermal cutout, this latter is a safety feature when the defroster element stays on accidentally but this would result in frost build up. However this frost might clog the cold air fan circulation to the fridge section or the ice build up might strain the coolant pipes until they crack a joint.

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NSM · Answer

Yes, but they get some weird stuff in the UK (and Australia) - like Russianmade appliances. You'd have to sell them on eBay here to get rid of them butpeople buy them there.N

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