Sparks001
28-12-2010, 06:18 PM
Hi,
I wonder if someone may be able to give me some pointers here?
I have a Liebherr upright freezer, GN 3356
service number 9987654-00
It is about 6 years old
About 4-5 months ago, the temperature rose from the normal -18 to about -10 and it sounded it's alarm - the door was fully closed, so I emptied it and manually defrosted it for a couple of hours (It is a frost free freezer, so there wasn't any visible ice build-up, and not a lot of water came out)
It then seemed happy until today, when it has done the same.
The gas is R600a
The thin pipe that comes out of the compressor (the black one to the right of the compressor in the attached image) is pretty hot, this then runs up and down the back, (I assume to cool the liquid inside it?), however, the pipe is only hot for about 30cm, I would have expect it to be hot where it starts. an then be cooler where it enters the freezer...
The compressor is buzzing away, and is quite hot - would this be a symptom of being low on refrigerant?
Thanks!
I wonder if someone may be able to give me some pointers here?
I have a Liebherr upright freezer, GN 3356
service number 9987654-00
It is about 6 years old
About 4-5 months ago, the temperature rose from the normal -18 to about -10 and it sounded it's alarm - the door was fully closed, so I emptied it and manually defrosted it for a couple of hours (It is a frost free freezer, so there wasn't any visible ice build-up, and not a lot of water came out)
It then seemed happy until today, when it has done the same.
The gas is R600a
The thin pipe that comes out of the compressor (the black one to the right of the compressor in the attached image) is pretty hot, this then runs up and down the back, (I assume to cool the liquid inside it?), however, the pipe is only hot for about 30cm, I would have expect it to be hot where it starts. an then be cooler where it enters the freezer...
The compressor is buzzing away, and is quite hot - would this be a symptom of being low on refrigerant?
Thanks!