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    Hi,

    Ive come home from the supermarket this afternoon to find that our "Deluxe K76213377" has stopped working. There is no sound coming from it at all, and when i place my hand in side or feel some items - it feels very much like room temperature!

    So far Ive tried switching off/on at the main plug - nothing. Ive turned the temperature thermo right down to "0" (light switches off at 0.) and then back to level 4/5 and still nothing. Done this twice in the past and it came back on again.

    I sense its been off a good few hours now, just a bit worried about all the food in the freezer. We've not got a spare fridge laying around!

    Any solutions or ideas on this?

    Thanks

    Nick



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    Re: My fridge has stopped working... please HELP!!

    Quote Originally Posted by Copplemeister View Post
    Hi,

    Ive come home from the supermarket this afternoon to find that our "Deluxe K76213377" has stopped working. There is no sound coming from it at all, and when i place my hand in side or feel some items - it feels very much like room temperature!

    So far Ive tried switching off/on at the main plug - nothing. Ive turned the temperature thermo right down to "0" (light switches off at 0.) and then back to level 4/5 and still nothing. Done this twice in the past and it came back on again.

    I sense its been off a good few hours now, just a bit worried about all the food in the freezer. We've not got a spare fridge laying around!

    Any solutions or ideas on this?

    Thanks

    Nick
    Best solution for you, If you don't have basic knowledge in electric troubleshooting and some tools, is to try to spread your food among frendly neighbors and call service engineer to check what is wrong with fridge.

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    Re: My fridge has stopped working... please HELP!!

    replace the theromstat on it and it should work

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    Re: My fridge has stopped working... please HELP!!

    Update:

    It came back on again a few hours after I posted my question. I reckon it was just automatically going into defrost mode, but its come right.

    Thanks for your input guys.

    Regards

    Nick

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    Re: My fridge has stopped working... please HELP!!

    Hi guys,

    Apologises if this is the wrong forum to post and i hope copplemeister doesn't mind me hijacking his thread ... but i didn't see sense in creating a new topic with the same headline.

    My parents have got a whirlpool Arc7050 fridge freezer and the fridge compartment has stopped working. The freezer compartment is working but seems to be working better than it should.

    I've had the unit out and the compressor seems to be running ok .... but that's about as far as my knowledge of what to look for runs.

    Any help or hints that can be suggested are greatly appreciated...

    Thanks in anticipation

    John

    PS .. i work in medical electronics so go easy on me...haha

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    Re: My fridge has stopped working... please HELP!!

    With reference to the original post, we're seeing a lot of domestic units situauted in out-houses/ garages where at present the ambient temperature doesn't get above 2/3 degrees c all day. Result: fridge stat doesn't need to switch compressor on as fridge cabinet temp is ok for a frridge, result: frozen food starts to thaw to ambient temperature = soggy peas!

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    Re: My fridge has stopped working... please HELP!!

    Had british gas come and have a look at fridge. Turns out the Heating element of the defrost mechanism had packed up. He replaced it and with hope of it working, left. I checked the next day and it still was not working.

    Conclusion:

    Bought a new fridge (Hotpoint) and much happier.
    Dont really think the guy from British Gas was all that
    clued up with what he was doing.

    Regards

    C

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    Re: My fridge has stopped working... please HELP!!

    Hi you seem to have the same problem as me did you get any answers? Mike

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    Re: My fridge has stopped working... please HELP!!

    Quote Originally Posted by 344martin View Post
    With reference to the original post, we're seeing a lot of domestic units situauted in out-houses/ garages where at present the ambient temperature doesn't get above 2/3 degrees c all day. Result: fridge stat doesn't need to switch compressor on as fridge cabinet temp is ok for a frridge, result: frozen food starts to thaw to ambient temperature = soggy peas!
    yes . when i was on the domestic side about 10 years ago i was always coming across this problem in the winter months . some customers used to look at me in shock when i explained to them that their fridge freezer was in a place too cold too work(only used to apply to the ones with 1 compressor and 1 t/stat )the units with two comps and two t/stats where unaffected. our company had a little flyer printed out to leave with the customer explaining the facts .

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    Re: My fridge has stopped working... please HELP!!

    Thanks for the reply Paul but my unit is in the house and the problem has been through the summer months, so cold location not very likely any more ideas for a whirlpool ARC7050?

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    Re: My fridge has stopped working... please HELP!!

    Quote Originally Posted by Mikegold View Post
    Thanks for the reply Paul but my unit is in the house and the problem has been through the summer months, so cold location not very likely any more ideas for a whirlpool ARC7050?
    At who you are referring when you say that he has same problem like you?
    What are your skills in troubleshooting electric parts?
    Do you have tools for that tasks?
    Are you sure that you are not going to be electrocuted during testing of electric parts?
    Last edited by nike123; 04-12-2009 at 11:09 AM.

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    Re: My fridge has stopped working... please HELP!!

    Quote Originally Posted by nike123 View Post
    At who you are referring when you say that he has same problem like you?
    What are your skills in troubleshooting electric parts?
    Do you have tools for that tasks?
    Are you sure that you are not going to be electrocuted during testing of electric parts?
    call out a domestic refrigeration engineer .

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    Re: My fridge has stopped working... please HELP!!

    If the freezer is working and not the fridge, need to look at the evaporator fan(internal), if it's running, most likely a defrost issue.

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    Re: My fridge has stopped working... please HELP!!

    maybe raise the airconditioning set point.or replace intermittent defrost timer.f nose
    mmm to beer or not to beer...........lets drink breakfast

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