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    frezzer cold only



    Hi Hope i am in the right place. Just bought a second hand 470 ltr chest frezzer Electrolux tc145. looks clean and the motor has not been touched,. Turns on compressor is quiet with faint vibrations. gets hot quickly. front amber light flikers. Will not freeze What is the likely problem.?? Hope you can help as we are a long way from a fridge mschanic
    Bryan
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    Re: frezzer cold only

    Quote Originally Posted by bcullen View Post
    Hi Hope i am in the right place. Just bought a second hand 470 ltr chest frezzer Electrolux tc145. looks clean and the motor has not been touched,. Turns on compressor is quiet with faint vibrations. gets hot quickly. front amber light flikers. Will not freeze What is the likely problem.?? Hope you can help as we are a long way from a fridge mschanic
    Bryan
    Ps could not find a manual!!
    Maybe loose connection, faulty starting relay or capcitor causing high limit to trip due to main winding overheating.
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    Re: frezzer cold only

    Hi bcullen

    when switched on does the two pieces of tube coming from the compressor change temperature

    as in one gets hotter and the other colder - would be handy if you had a temperature probe

    and could monitor temp change or none

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    Re: frezzer cold only

    Thanks for reply:
    Just turned on, yeah one pipe is getting warmer the other cooler. I do have a lazer thermo thingy so
    how will this help?
    Cheers

    10min on one pipe warm not hot the other cool not cold
    Last edited by bcullen; 09-10-2011 at 01:53 AM.

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    Re: frezzer cold only

    Hi bcullen

    infra red are not accurate but will assist in working out if your refrigerating or not

    with one getting hotter and other colder it appears you are to some extent

    if you can start the unit and take the temps on both pipes after a few minutes (3) and then again after 20 minutes

    then post them

    this will give us a vague idea what is going on

    Reading back through your post, I am suspecting already you have a blockage

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    Last edited by chillerman2006; 09-10-2011 at 10:12 AM.
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    Re: frezzer cold only

    Hi Mr Chillerman
    15.8 was the temp at startup of both pipes after 10min compressor was 55 one pipe=25 the other=35
    after another 20min compressor was 65 one pipe= 35 the other =45 all seemed to increment at approx+10%
    hope this helps
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    Re: frezzer cold only

    Really hate to burst the bubble but second hand fridges and freezers carry a very high risk of failure. Did you see the freezer working and freezing before you bought it? Warm compressor and quietly running with little or no cooling inside can only be one of two things, blockage though not likely, and evaporator, or inside cooling pipes have sprung a leak.
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    Re: frezzer cold only

    The leak sounds terminal? what does the evaporator do? Would a fush and regas achieve anything
    Bryan

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    Re: frezzer cold only

    Hi bcullen

    by your temps, it appears you either have cap tube blockage or have lost refrigerant

    your lower temp pipe should have gone down in temp not up

    but you have so little cooling, your compressor heat is being transfered to this pipe

    the cap tube is the metering device that goes to the cooling coil (evaporator)

    it can be fixed, either leak found and repaired or cap tube blown out with nitrogen or replaced

    then regassed, but work will probaly exceed the cost of the freezer, unfortunatly

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    Re: frezzer cold only

    Try another appraoch, your fridge run on R-134a which many times blocks the little filter right after the condenser.
    You need to replace the refrigerant and the filter\drier.

    I have seen this problem many times and this action eliminates it for good. use a dubble volume drier.

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    Re: frezzer cold only

    hi Thanks one and all it looks like refrigerant and the capillary/drier are the problem so i will find out how much a fridgy will charge me
    Bryan

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    Re: frezzer cold only

    Depends where you are in Australia. Did you see this freezer working before you bought it?.. Mike.
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