Too Cold

When a non-electronically controlled domestic frost free refrigerator is too cold, it's one of three things. Either the controls are set wrong, the cold control is insensitive, or in rare cases and only on certain designs, if the compressor is weak. In this case the evaporator temperature is not cold enough to operate the control properly. Also, on manual defrost or semi automatic defrost designs, sometimes it can just be that the clip that holds the controls sensing tube is loose or has come off.

Replacing a cold control isn't technically difficult but there are some things you need to know first or you could ruin your new control. The Fridge Doctor Book and Video on CD show you how to do it right so owning a copy pays for itself with just this information alone.

Here are some answers to questions asked about domestic units that are running "Too Cold"

Turning it up, still too cold
Gibson side by side freezes on warmest setting
Manual defrost refrigerator is too cold
Side by side too cold
Why is everything in my fridge getting frozen?
Too cold then if turn it down even a little, too warm
Freezes no matter where the control is set
Runs constantly and freezes but shuts off if hit, compressor problem?
Fridge moved now too cold, should I install a timer to limit run times?
Food in crisper freezes
Fan replaced now freezes everything
Controls are where they have always been, now freezing things
Too cold and noisy
Coldspot getting colder and colder, worth the repair?
Refrigerator freezes everything
Freezes food after was stored 5 years

Figure 3.5 Components of a typical mechanical cold control