Refrigerator

Several conditions affect the temperature inside a refrigerator and freezer.  Depending on any one of the possibilities, temperature’s inside a residential refrigerator will vary.  A refrigerator’s temperature is adjusted using the cold control knob. Listed are several refrigerator not cooling possibilities. Possibilities -Dirty/clogged condenser coils -Stalled condenser fan motor -Evaporator fan motor -Air flow problem. [...]

A refrigerator may not cool properly when operating in below 30 degree temperature. The freezer side of your refrigerator cools the fresh food side of the refrigerator. When temperatures are below normal cooling temps out side of the refrigerator, the freezer section may never kick on to cool the refrigerator section. Several manufactures produce garage [...]

Ice makers can stop making ice for numerous reasons including the ice maker going bad, the fill tube freezing, and the electronic water valve just failing.  On newer style ice makers, they use an infrared emitter board instead of the traditional “bail arm”.  The red flashing light on the emitter board will usually tell you [...]

Refrigerator Ice maker production test, How to Test your refrigerator’s Ice maker and water valve for proper diagnosis. This article is in regards to Maytag, Whirlpool, refrigerator’s Ice maker. Is the Ice maker bad? Or is it the water valve? Great question, here is how to test. Remove the front of the ice maker, the [...]

If you are unsure of where the condenser fan motor is or does, don’t worry here is some helpful information. The condenser fan motor transfers air across the compressor and condenser coils. Stalled or failed condenser fan motor will cause a no cool condition in both sections. The compressor and coils warm up not allowing [...]

Refrigerator manufactures claim they have odor testing procedures in place before a refrigerator is shipped. Plastic odor when new is normal and will dissipate with use.  The one mechanical part that has been known to cause an odor similar to rotten eggs is the evaporator fan motor. Cleaning the inside walls and shelves of your [...]

Along the way refrigeration technician’s pick up tips and tricks from other techs. Years ago my good friend introduced me to the steamer. The steamer has aided me in countless appliance repair defrost repair jobs, the simplicity and ease of clean up along with speed that a steamer will melt the refrigerator coils to in [...]

Frigidaire,Kenmore, Whirlpool, top mount refrigerator’s can leak water from the freezer section down on to the top shelf of the refrigerator. To verify that the defrost drain hole is clogged, the back panel of the freezer will need to be removed. More commonly known as the evaporator panel. Removing the back panel of the freezer [...]