My man fridge is not working well

  • kooty
    Keymaster
    1 hour 15 mins to the Pond
    Posts: 18101
    September 1, 2010 at 3:43 pm #206192

    My bait/beer/pop fridge in the garage is not working well. It’s the standard fridge with freezer on top. It started about 10 days ago during our hot spell. The freezer is still keeping everything rock solid, but the pop from the fridge is barely cool. Certainly not close to where I think is drinkable.

    The fridge is about 9 years old, been a champ til now. I pulled the back cover off, blew out any dust and stuff around the condensor unit. I hate to put $180.00 into a service call to find out I need to replace it.

    Suggestions?

    mpearson
    Chippewa Falls, WI
    Posts: 4338
    September 1, 2010 at 3:53 pm #70619

    Quote:

    My bait/beer/pop fridge in the garage is not working well. It’s the standard fridge with freezer on top. It started about 10 days ago during our hot spell. The freezer is still keeping everything rock solid, but the pop from the fridge is barely cool. Certainly not close to where I think is drinkable.

    The fridge is about 9 years old, been a champ til now. I pulled the back cover off, blew out any dust and stuff around the condensor unit. I hate to put $180.00 into a service call to find out I need to replace it.

    Suggestions?

    Buy a new (used) one!

    Joel Nelson
    Moderator
    Southeast MN
    Posts: 3137
    September 1, 2010 at 3:53 pm #70611

    Quote:

    My bait/beer/pop fridge in the garage is not working well. It’s the standard fridge with freezer on top. It started about 10 days ago during our hot spell. The freezer is still keeping everything rock solid, but the pop from the fridge is barely cool. Certainly not close to where I think is drinkable.

    The fridge is about 9 years old, been a champ til now. I pulled the back cover off, blew out any dust and stuff around the condensor unit. I hate to put $180.00 into a service call to find out I need to replace it.

    Suggestions?

    X2 – I’m in the same boat, except mine is a mid-70’s model Frigidaire. Exact same problem.

    In my situation at least, I think the obvious solution is to sell it to a buddy for way too much to make a smoker out of it.

    The good news is that Fall is coming, and the lower garage temp will help keep everything colder. Right now, with the temp guage in it says 47 degrees if it’s been relatively cool outside.

    Joel

    blue-fleck
    Dresbach, MN
    Posts: 7872
    September 1, 2010 at 4:03 pm #70590

    craigslist. We just bought one for the garage off there. $40 and it’s a dandy.

    kooty
    Keymaster
    1 hour 15 mins to the Pond
    Posts: 18101
    September 1, 2010 at 4:13 pm #70263

    Heck ya, I’ll try that. We are heading to SD for the long weekend. I’ll clean it all out and leave it unplugged for 4 days. That should defrost anything that has a blockage.

    Joel Nelson
    Moderator
    Southeast MN
    Posts: 3137
    September 1, 2010 at 4:20 pm #70259

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    On those types the refrigerator gets its cold air from the freezer. If your freezer continues to work but the fridge is not then I would think that you have a blockage on the air pathway from the Freezer to the fridge (probably ice build up…). Unplug it and leave it outside to thaw for a couple of days before you buy another one or spend $ on a service call. Just an idea…RR

    Nice! I’ll do the same. There’s plenty of ice build-up in there. Hope that’s all it is!

    Joel

    sootie
    arcadia wi,
    Posts: 213
    September 2, 2010 at 8:58 pm #70772

    i turned mine into a smoke house,

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