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Ah, I’ve seen this situation many times. Open the door and take out the “d”. There shouldn’t be a “d” in refrigerators.
Well, for one thing, there’s no d in refrigerator.
google the issue..but sounds as though there needs to be attention paid to the defrost drain.
Too much cooling might mean thermostat. Is the compressor running all the time?
Could be excess humidity not allowing heat transfer and evaporation for the frost-free operation.
One thing that might help is get a refrigerator coil brush and pull off the bottom grill and brush/vacuum the buildup. UNPLUG the refrigerator first. There is likely a fan that blows air over the coil/grille and also directs over the frost-free evaporation pan.
Also look and feel if you have good air flow in the freezer section. Not blocking the flow with piled up TV dinners, etc. You can feel it. If it is hard to see the internal lights you might have too much in the freezer section. The freezer section usually siphons off air for the refrigerator section, too. So blocked freezer circulation could cause more air into the refrigerator section.
Hope this helps. All this you can do yourself before calling a repairman.
I would call a refrgerator repair place and ask them—it may just be the thermostat since otherwise it seems to be working fine. If they think it could be that, I’d ask for an estimate, then put the fridge on a timer (like it would be off during the night, and during the day if everyone is at work or school) until I had the money to fix it.
It may be something else tho. I know little about them except what I picked up when ours broke.
Warm, moist air in the house will promote frost and ice buildup on the outside condenser as well as frost buildup in the freezer. It will make your refrigerator work harder and the compressor to be on more often.
Hotter ambient air makes the unit work harder. Here are a couple of things to do that MAY help:
1) Clean the heat exchanger from all lint / dust. This is normally done with a hand / shop vac and a dust brush.
2) Sometimes a small auxiliary fan can help move heat away from the unit. I have put a small fan on top of the unit to pull the warm air away from the unit
Not a Frig. expert but have worked on a few.
The older ones I have worked on use a fan located behind a panel in the back of the freezer to blow the cool air from the freezer coil(top) down into the frig. compartment.
Obviously if everything is freezing in the frig, the fan is working. I would defrost the Freezer portion to eliminate all the frost that has accumulated. I would also check the door seal to both the frig and the freezer. If your freezer is constantly building up with frost you either have someone opening the door or the seal is leaking. If they are bad replace them.
If things continue to be to cold in the frig. I would suspect a temperature sensor.
Take everything out of the fridge and use an ice chest for a few days. Turn off the fridge and let it defrost. Turn it back on and all should be fine for a while.
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Can’t say anything about the fridge, but I would suggest replacing your HVAC system. I had the same situation and was limping along with my 15 year old central air having its leaking freon topped off several times a season. Eventually the leak became a hemorrhage and the cost of replacing the leaking coil and filling it with a now scarce older type freon was almost equal to replacing the A/C unit. I opted to replace the whole system as to me it made no sense to put a new A/C unit on a soon to be replaced 15 year old heating plant. At 23 years you are on borrowed time with your HVAC. A new system will save you a lot of money with heating and cooling ... I saw almost a 30% drop in my heating and cooling costs. Check with your local utility company and you may find significant rebates or even financing options. You may even find some tax credits. Good luck
Is it a side by side? Top freezer? Door gaskets torn? Frost on rear panel in freezer section?
The problem is the defrost timer has failed. This is not unusual and is easily replaced by someone with minimal skills and basic hand tools.
What is happening is that the timer is not activating and the frost inside the freezer is not allowing the damper between the freezer and refrigerator to function correctly to regulate the temperature inside the refrigerator. Since the air moves from the freezer into the refrigerator this damper is what controls the temperature inside the refrigerator section.
Your fridge should run fine at that ambient temperature so I’m assuming something else is up.
Try a few simple things:
1. If it’s an older model with exposed coils on the back, be sure they are free of dust. Also, pull the unit out from the wall about an inch more for better air circulation.
2. There is a vent that brings cold air from the freezer section to the fresh food section. It’s usually on the back wall of the inside of the fresh food section. Make sure this has not become blocked.
3. Check the door gaskets and make sure they are in place and not damaged.
4. If there is any sort of economy mode switch, make sure it is not in the economy or energy savings position. All this does is turn off the door heaters that prevent sweating.
5. You might try a good old-fashioned manual defrost after these steps to get a fresh start.
Beyond that, I suspect it might be a thermostat or defrost timer gone bad. Neither would be a budget buster.
I sympathize with you regarding the how hot and humid your home may feel during some days.
I think fellow FReepers have figured out your refrigerator issue.
On a related note about your AC -
Have you considered purchasing several inexpensive 6000 - 9000 btu window units (Haier, GE, Samsung run about $110-150), and using those on your north windows?
I’ve owned houses back in CT that were 2200 - 4400 Sq ft, and always refused to buy into central AC due to its observe cost.
The wife didn’t want ugly window AC units to be seen from the road, so I installed them in the north facing bathroom windows.
That was always enough AC for the downstairs and upstairs by leaving the bathroom doors open (except when using the toilet ;n).
Electric bills were never over much $100 per month.
Just an idea to get you thru three hot summer months.
Good luck.
CLEAN IT THOROUGHLY!!
turn it off completely, let it thaw completely for AT LEAST 24 hours, until any and all possibly frozen water is gone and drained.
Then clean the dust off of the radiator fins (!!!)
this will solve MOST of these types of issues and extend its life
Unless there is a physical problem (burnt motor or coolant leak) then the only other problem is cleaning it inside and out to like new clean.
You WILL notice a difference