ken300
24-09-2009, 12:45 PM
Hi,
I know very little about fridge/freezers & could do with your help! I've got a Whirlpool fridge/freezer that's built into a fitted kitchen that was already here when we moved into the house about 5 years ago (It's probably a very cheap one , the rest of the bits in the house are!).
It's got a single thermostat control for both the fridge and freezer (the fridge is on the top, freezer at the bottom). The thermostat control knob is in the fridge, there aren't any controls in the freezer. Recently the fridge has started to get too warm (currently 10 degrees centigrade) but the freezer seems to be working ok. The compressor doesn't run constantly, it turns itself on/off just as it always has. The thermostat control has no effect at all on the fridge temperature, I've defrosted it for 48hours to clear any hidden ice blockages with no improvement!
I've had a refrigeration engineer out to look at it, he came on a Friday afternoon & stayed all of 5 minutes, all of the time he was here the compressor was running.
He opened the fridge door & left it open for a couple of minutes and when the back interior wall of the fridge didn't get colder he concluded that it didn't have enough refrigerant and that it probably had a leak & the best thing would be to by a new fridge rather than keep refilling the refrigerant.
Only after his initial verdict did I remember to say that the compressor still turned itself on & off and doesn't run constantly, he still said 'get a new fridge'.
Does his 'get a new fridge' statement ring true or is it worth paying for someone else out to look at it??
I don't mind buying a new one if that's what's needed, I'm just not convinced that he didn't investigate properly so he could rush off & get home for the Weekend!
Any advice is VERY much appreciated!!!
I know very little about fridge/freezers & could do with your help! I've got a Whirlpool fridge/freezer that's built into a fitted kitchen that was already here when we moved into the house about 5 years ago (It's probably a very cheap one , the rest of the bits in the house are!).
It's got a single thermostat control for both the fridge and freezer (the fridge is on the top, freezer at the bottom). The thermostat control knob is in the fridge, there aren't any controls in the freezer. Recently the fridge has started to get too warm (currently 10 degrees centigrade) but the freezer seems to be working ok. The compressor doesn't run constantly, it turns itself on/off just as it always has. The thermostat control has no effect at all on the fridge temperature, I've defrosted it for 48hours to clear any hidden ice blockages with no improvement!
I've had a refrigeration engineer out to look at it, he came on a Friday afternoon & stayed all of 5 minutes, all of the time he was here the compressor was running.
He opened the fridge door & left it open for a couple of minutes and when the back interior wall of the fridge didn't get colder he concluded that it didn't have enough refrigerant and that it probably had a leak & the best thing would be to by a new fridge rather than keep refilling the refrigerant.
Only after his initial verdict did I remember to say that the compressor still turned itself on & off and doesn't run constantly, he still said 'get a new fridge'.
Does his 'get a new fridge' statement ring true or is it worth paying for someone else out to look at it??
I don't mind buying a new one if that's what's needed, I'm just not convinced that he didn't investigate properly so he could rush off & get home for the Weekend!
Any advice is VERY much appreciated!!!