Domestic Refrigerator and Freezer Repair Forum



Welcome to a totally new addition to this web space. Since we've been told by so many people how helpful it is to be able to read answers to previous questions in our FAQ, we decided to start a much more interactive facility called a forum, where anyone reading a question or answer can participate in the dialog, even years after the first part of the first thread was written.

At present this feature is just getting started so there is not as much information here as in our previous FAQ, but we're working on this and more information is being added weekly.

This forum is moderated by an experienced refrigeration technician and technical writer so you can rely on the fact that anything posted here has been thoroughly scrutinized against false opinions, misconceptions, or hearsay.

Your input is extremely helpful!

Hundreds of people visit these pages daily looking for information about household refrigeration equipment. Dissatisfied with a particular model or company? Solved a particular problem? Let us know. Even the smallest detail can help so many people.

For example, let us know that your particular refrigerator model had a burnt out freezer fan motor one month after the warrantee expired, then everyone knows that a fan failure on that model is a distinct possibility.

Want to ad something to a particular dialog?

Just include the reference number from the top of any forum page.



So go ahead, let everyone know about your domestic refrigerator problems and solutions:






Here is a list of the new forum postings as configured so far. You can use the following links to read these articles or search on a specific term or word by clicking on the search button at the top of this tablet.

Forum reference # 4060001--- Converting a small upright freezer into a refrigerator
Forum reference # 4060002--- Interfacing an ice maker from a different model
Forum reference # 4060003--- Water under the crisper problem
Forum reference # 4060004--- Control replaced, still freezes
Forum reference # 4060005--- Amana leaks when call for water
Forum reference # 4060006--- Newer Maytag problem
Forum reference # 4060007--- Common water leak problem
Forum reference # 4060008--- Ideal freezer temp
Forum reference # 4060009--- Frost line not normal
Forum reference # 4060010--- Using a new refrigerator in an unheated place
Forum reference # 4060011--- Running a refrigerator on a balcony
Forum reference # 4060012--- Manual defrost verses automatic defrost
Forum reference # 4060013--- Too much frost in antique refrigerator
Forum reference # 4060014--- Mini fridge is too cold
Forum reference # 4060015--- Using a fridge in cold temperatures
Forum reference # 4060016--- Problem solved
Forum reference # 4060017--- Bangs when shuts off
Forum reference # 4060018--- High pitched noise on a Maytag side by side
Forum reference # 4060019--- Runs too long
Forum reference # 4060020--- Quietest refrigerator
Forum reference # 4060021--- Amana compressor problems
Forum reference # 4060022---Everything runs but the compressor
Forum reference # 4060023---How to tell if a compressor is running
Forum reference # 4060023---How to tell if a compressor is running
Forum reference # 4060024---Leaks water inside
Forum reference # 4060025---Deep freeze runs constantly
Forum reference # 4060026---Installing a lock on a refrigerator
Forum reference # 4060027---Upright freezer wears out in just 6 years
Forum reference # 4060028---GE refrigerator doesn't always keep food frozen
Forum reference # 4060029---Not working right after compressor installed
Forum reference # 4060030---Problems with compressor starters
Forum reference # 4060031---Food safe to eat after a leak of R12
Forum reference # 4060032---Hard pack installed when problem was defrost circuit
Forum reference # 4060033---Odor in deep freeze after a melt down
Forum reference # 4060034---Replacing an AC compressor with DC
Forum reference # 4060035---Defrost timer problem?
Forum reference # 4060036---Solving a leak problem
Forum reference # 4060037---Ice maker pipe leaks
Forum reference # 4060038---Known refrigerant leak at the back of the refrigerator
Forum reference # 4060039---Drain keeps icing up
Forum reference # 4060040---Freezer section works, refrigerator section does not
Forum reference # 4060041---Maytag popping noise
Forum reference # 4060042---Freezer section too warm in a defrost cycle?
Forum reference # 4060043---Is food okay if refreeze it after a thaw?
Forum reference # 4060044---Refrigerator runs constantly
Forum reference # 4060045---Toxic consequences from a Freon leak?
Forum reference # 4060046---Refrigerator noise
Forum reference # 4060047---Long term storage of a refrigerator
Forum reference # 4060048---Ice cube jams ice maker mechanism
Forum reference # 4060049---Stuck ice cube causes overflow
Forum reference # 4060050---Remove ice maker, refrigerator stops working. Defrost timer in the ice maker.
Forum reference # 4060051---Dispenses water but no ice
Forum reference # 4060052---Difference between high and low side
Forum reference # 4060053---Water leaks on floor
Forum reference # 4060054---Installing an ice maker in a deep freeze
Forum reference # 4060055---Ice maker fails at only 2.5 years
Forum reference # 4060056---Runs good sometimes but stops
Forum reference # 4060057---About freezer burn
Forum reference # 4060058---Kenmore refrigerator stopped cooling because fan stopped



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