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Erikht



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PostPosted: Thu Oct 06, 05 3:37 pm    Post subject: How to fix the fridge? Reply with quote
    

I got an "olf" fridge from my mother. It stopped working a few months back, the lights worked but the fridge didn't cool. She got sombody she knows to take a look, and they fixed it(I think it was a fuse). We just moved it over, and it worked for a few days, then it stopped to cool. This is far from home, and I think the workshops would take quite a bit for fixing it. But I don't want to chuck it. So how can I change the fuse muself?

Anybody?

sean
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PostPosted: Thu Oct 06, 05 4:08 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

If it's not cooling then it's either the thermostat, which is easy to replace and costs about £notverymuch (I've no idea about prices in Scandinavia), or the compressor which costs £lotsandlots. And you can't replace yourself because of nasty chemicals.

Silas



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PostPosted: Thu Oct 06, 05 5:12 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Try turning it upside down and running it for a few days like that - it often works - honest!

Bernie66



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PostPosted: Thu Oct 06, 05 5:33 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

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footprints



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PostPosted: Thu Oct 06, 05 7:49 pm    Post subject: Re: How to fix the fridge? Reply with quote
    

Erikht wrote:
I got an "olf" fridge from my mother. It stopped working a few months back, the lights worked but the fridge didn't cool. She got sombody she knows to take a look, and they fixed it(I think it was a fuse). We just moved it over, and it worked for a few days, then it stopped to cool. This is far from home, and I think the workshops would take quite a bit for fixing it. But I don't want to chuck it. So how can I change the fuse muself?

Anybody?
Lights on? not the fuse.

Don't spend a penny on an old fridge.

Treacodactyl
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PostPosted: Thu Oct 06, 05 7:57 pm    Post subject: Re: How to fix the fridge? Reply with quote
    

footprints wrote:
Don't spend a penny on an old fridge.


Not while it's plugged in anyway.

Erikht



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PostPosted: Fri Oct 07, 05 8:33 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

It's just a couple of years old, and it's a combi-fridge and freezer in the same unit. So I realy want it to work, because I can't aford a new one.

dougal



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PostPosted: Fri Oct 07, 05 10:05 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

One simple thing to check is that all electrical connections are making good contact. A quick inspection that there's nothing loose or corroded is worthwhile before junking it.

If the light comes on, but the motor never runs, the problem would be either with the thermostat switch or the motor. Although the thermostat should be cheap to replace, the motor wouldn't be - and wouldn't be designed for maintenance (even lubrication). If, and ONLY if, you are confident of your electrical abilities, you might experiment (before spending anything and see if bypassing (short-circuiting) the thermostat switch would let the motor run. What I'm suggesting is connecting things so that the motor would run (if it can) all the time that the electricity is switched on. This would allow you to discover whether the problem is with the motor or the thermostat switch.

However, if you can hear (or feel) the motor running but there's no cooling, then there's a problem with the compressor and/or the gas circuit, and that means a repair is likely to cost rather more than a replacement second-hand (used) unit. Perhaps more than a new one...

EDIT: Safety caveat made bold print.

Erikht



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PostPosted: Fri Oct 07, 05 12:55 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

The motor has not been running so I can hear or feel it, but it was hot when I unplugged the fridge. I have called Mum, she will call the people that repaired it last, and we will see if it can be the same. If it might, I will drive it to a workshop. If it is something expencive, I will ask them to chuck it.

Thank you all for your answers.

Erikht



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PostPosted: Fri Oct 14, 05 12:13 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

It just started to work again, for no particular reason.

Deus ex machina.

Bernie66



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PostPosted: Fri Oct 14, 05 1:02 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Erikht wrote:
It just started to work again, for no particular reason.

Deus ex machina.


Deep joy, just watch it for a while in case its a bit on and off-food safety and all that

dougal



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PostPosted: Fri Oct 14, 05 1:17 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Bernie66 wrote:
... just watch it for a while in case its a bit on and off-food safety and all that


Of general note is that this week (in the UK) Lidl are selling an indoor/outdoor thermometer for something like £2.99

Such things are *ideal* for monitoring the temperature in a fridge!

Erikht



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PostPosted: Sat Nov 05, 05 2:40 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

It's a gonner. Parents and parents-in-law has been told about our wish for a christmas present.

To bad. They don't make fridges like they used to.

Bernie66



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PostPosted: Sat Nov 05, 05 2:43 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Unfortunately quite an essential part of life though. usually can pick them up second hand, saves the lazy from finding a way to dispose of them.

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