Greybeard Posted September 5, 2021 Share Posted September 5, 2021 We have been having problems with our fridge. The food section was just not cold enough. I thought for sure the thermostat was going. It cycled on for 6-7 minutes and then shut off for about 10. Turning the thermostat up had little affect. I looked up the availability of the thermostat figuring I could jumper the contacts that turn the fridge on to see it that worked. In watching the replacement video, I could see that while you adjust the thermostat in the front of the fridge, the sensor for temperature is actually in the center but in the back close to the back wall. When I reached back I could feel cold air blowing on two or three cans of beer which were within two inches of the air outlet/ temp sensing housing. The cans were very cold. I moved the cans away from the air blowing on them and voila, I do not have a fridge problem. It seems you cannot place an object anywhere close to this area for good temperature distribution. I have yet to determine how close. This does remove a fair amount of space on the top shelf. I know there are some here that would place the blame solely on me for placing beer in such a hard to get to area, but in my defense, I would argue it could just have well have happened with pickle jars or ketchup. So anyway, check out your fridge food distribution. It may be causing issues you are unaware of. 2 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledInIllinois Posted September 5, 2021 Share Posted September 5, 2021 Nice advice! I assume you noticed the freezer still cold? Same thing will happen when the defrosting heating element will go bad in freezer. The freezer will be cold and refrigerator warm. The freezer coil ices up and eventually blocks where the cold air goes into refrigerator side. Pull the back panel (in a side-by-side model) and see if the coil and duct is blocked. Test the defroster to see if it's bad... If so replace. Or... If you can't get one right away, manually defrost it like in the old days. Bit, Amazon is great getting stuff to you in a day or so! 😉 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marv's Neighbor Posted September 5, 2021 Share Posted September 5, 2021 Don't think Pinto Ron ever has such a problem Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DD4Bills Posted September 7, 2021 Share Posted September 7, 2021 So the take-away I'm getting from this is always drink all of your beer...no leftovers. Check. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Posted September 9, 2021 Share Posted September 9, 2021 Thanks for the tip, Graybeerd. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrDawkinstein Posted September 9, 2021 Share Posted September 9, 2021 What type of Buffalonian doesnt keep their beer in the fridge in the finished garage with the astroturf and fullsize screen door? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just Jack Posted September 11, 2021 Share Posted September 11, 2021 On 9/9/2021 at 3:01 PM, DrDawkinstein said: What type of Buffalonian doesnt keep their beer in the fridge in the finished garage with the astroturf and fullsize screen door? My first house I found a set of screen doors in the weeds behind the garage. Eventually figured out they were for the garage in the summer. I ended up giving them away, since we weren't using them. (garage was a detached garage) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledInIllinois Posted September 11, 2021 Share Posted September 11, 2021 (edited) 1 hour ago, Just Jack said: My first house I found a set of screen doors in the weeds behind the garage. Eventually figured out they were for the garage in the summer. I ended up giving them away, since we weren't using them. (garage was a detached garage) In Cheektowaga that's called: "The Polish Patio." They now make screens that go up with the garage door and you simply pull them down into "Polish Patio Mode." 😊 Edited September 11, 2021 by ExiledInIllinois 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Draconator Posted September 11, 2021 Share Posted September 11, 2021 7 hours ago, ExiledInIllinois said: In Cheektowaga that's called: "The Polish Patio." My wife and I call them the "Cheektowaga Living Room" 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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