MatB
27-10-2012, 04:24 PM
I have a six-year old Hoover HNMF 2805A-80 frost-free fridge freezer. I recently noticed that the freezer was not freezing food properly, although it remains reasonably cold. The fridge portion appears to be cooling fine although I have not confirmed this with a thermometer.
Prior to junking it and starting afresh, I thought I'd have one last stab at fixing it. Through a process of elimination and Google searching today, I've found that the culprit appears to be the evaporator fan. This does not appear to be spinning when the compressor is running, unlike an identical fridge owned by my parents.
It does not make economic sense to pay upwards of £120 to get a service engineer in to repair the 6 year old fridge in comparison to the ~£300 it would cost me for a new one with a longer expected life. However, Hoover quote me ~£20 for a replacement fan motor (something like this (http://www.europart.co.uk/s.nl/it.A/id.16708/.f)), which seems like worth a shot as I'm only £20 and a bit of time worse off it fails, and about £280 up if it succeeds.
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However, I'm struggling to see how I could fit the replacement motor (http://www.europart.co.uk/s.nl/it.A/id.16708/.f). It appears to come with a cable pre-fitted and pre-sealed. The attached picture shows that the existing fan is also a sealed unit with no connector on its cable which goes right into the gubbins of the freezer. There's a small plastic panel on the back of the freezer which might allow access, but this would involve removing the condenser first; something I'd rather not do.
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I'm considering whether I can splice the old and new cables instead of finding the end. Would it be okay to splice the cable in order to fit a replacement? What kind of connector/splice should I use? Do I need to seal it somehow to prevent moisture ingress? Indeed, does my suggestion of replacing the fan seem a sensible course of action given the symptoms?
Thanks.
Prior to junking it and starting afresh, I thought I'd have one last stab at fixing it. Through a process of elimination and Google searching today, I've found that the culprit appears to be the evaporator fan. This does not appear to be spinning when the compressor is running, unlike an identical fridge owned by my parents.
It does not make economic sense to pay upwards of £120 to get a service engineer in to repair the 6 year old fridge in comparison to the ~£300 it would cost me for a new one with a longer expected life. However, Hoover quote me ~£20 for a replacement fan motor (something like this (http://www.europart.co.uk/s.nl/it.A/id.16708/.f)), which seems like worth a shot as I'm only £20 and a bit of time worse off it fails, and about £280 up if it succeeds.
9707
However, I'm struggling to see how I could fit the replacement motor (http://www.europart.co.uk/s.nl/it.A/id.16708/.f). It appears to come with a cable pre-fitted and pre-sealed. The attached picture shows that the existing fan is also a sealed unit with no connector on its cable which goes right into the gubbins of the freezer. There's a small plastic panel on the back of the freezer which might allow access, but this would involve removing the condenser first; something I'd rather not do.
9708
I'm considering whether I can splice the old and new cables instead of finding the end. Would it be okay to splice the cable in order to fit a replacement? What kind of connector/splice should I use? Do I need to seal it somehow to prevent moisture ingress? Indeed, does my suggestion of replacing the fan seem a sensible course of action given the symptoms?
Thanks.