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Kenmore 20.3 cu. ft. / 575 liter Upright Freezer 23024 - Page 6 Questions & Answers
After moving, the freezer won't turn on
dear sir /madam
i think after 10 hour journy its main supply cord (electricity) or cable has been remove from its male type plug or inside of control panel so please try to contect to your feezer maintenance personnel for reconnect it.
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Freezer fan on compressor off
They make generic "compressor packs" to solve these. Your capacitors and relay and parts that support the compressor operation went out.
If you're really really like just the temp overload switch went and you can jumper bypass it. It usually looks like a piezo electric type of disc connected right onto the comp case itself.
But you're right with the DT, the motors go out on them a lot. They are usually for 4/6/10/12 hours depending on make and model. Sometimes the contacts go So if you could isolate them... they're on the larger side and will go from the power to the compressor. Use a jumper and test for a complete circuit to the plug and through the compressor before trying it.
By law all freezers and ovens have to have a schematic diagram on them. Often it it in a little plastic package and sometimes just wallpapered to the inside of a large piece of sheetmetal in back.
Good that you know how to use a meter!
Not freezing
Either the defrost circuit has failed or the refrigerant is low - my money is on the defrost circuit.
Most defrost circuits have three main parts:
1) defrost electric heating coil
2) defrost terminator
3) defrost timer.
The heating coil and terminator are in the freezer compartment - behind a protective panel. The heater is usually piggy-backed on the freezer coil and the terminator is in contact with the freezer coil to detect its temperature. The defrost timer is a simple assembly of a clock motor with switch contacts that can be located anywhere the manufacturer desires. The timer turns on or enables the defrost circuit every 8 or so hours for up to 30 minutes give or take.
When the timer has enabled the defrost cycle, the cooling mode ceases; the compressor shuts off and power is sent through the terminator to the heater. The heater warms and melts any ice build up on the freezer coil. The water drips to a pan and flows down the tube to a pan under the fridge - where it is evaporated off. The heater warms the freezer coil until either a) the timer returns to cooling mode or b) the terminator senses a preset rising temperature on the freezer coil. Once either condition is present, power is interupted and heating stops. The compressor is energized through the adjustable thermostat in your fridge. Since it is warm, the compressor turns on and cooling begins.
If any of the components listed above (1,2 or 3) have failed, the defrost cycle never warms the freezer coil and the ice never melts to clear the freezer coil as intended. Air can not be circulated through the freezer coil since it is choked with ice, so even though the compressor runs, the fridge and freezer spaces never get colder. The adjustable thermostat never sees the temperature you've set so the compressor never shuts off.
Water dripping in the fridge is melting ice from the freezer space - as the freezer is not getting colder - only the protected space around the freezer coil is.
To fix this, you'll have to get the service manual or schematics for the fridge to determine where the parts are located and do some troubleshooting with a multimeter after disassembling the freezer compartment and wherever else to access the timer if needed. This is not a good first appliance repair job for a DIYer due to the danger of refrigerant and testing live electrical parts in closed in spaces.
I hope this helps.
Alarm goes on then turns off
kenmore elite, alarm kept going on and b flashed on and off. I finaly figured out on bottom of freezer there is a battery door open it and change 9v. thats it,
Freezer not cooling
To answere your question : The cooling coil is called the evaporator and is located behind the backwall of the freezer.....But this is not what they want you to clean. They want you to clean the condenser coil, witch is either the big black coils on the back of the unit or they are located under the unit.
you might also make sure you here the fan inside the freezer. open the door and press the door switch and see if you here the fan running. if you don't, then you might have a evaperator fan motor that is bad.
The next thing you shoud check is the back wall of the freezer have frost or did it have frost on it. if it did you have a defrost problem.
This is where you should start. There are many other things that could be rong.
Stopped freezing
if the engine (compressor motor) is running but there is no cooling, most probably there is no more freon gas in the system... please refer to refrigerator technician
After a couple years of non-use, it started up but then quit and
The first thing to find out is what is running and what is not. If I am reading the specs on your unit right this is a frost free unit. There should be a fan inside behind the back wall.
Plug the freezer into a known good outlet and turn the dial up. If the fan comes on then go behind the freezer and down at the bottom is a compressor, you should be able to hear that running as it and fan should run together.
If they are running and no cooling takes place in 24 hours you have a problem in the sealed system, most likely the refrigerant has leaked out.
If nothing is running you have either:
- A bad thermostat, (the control behind the dial) It can be checked with an ohmmeter, with the power off and wires disconnected the meter should read 0 ohms when the dial is turned up
- A broken or chewed through wire (could be anywhere)
- A defrost timer that is stuck in defrost. It can be checked with an ohmmeter using a similar method as the thermostat.
Sorry this was not an easy answer
Can not set the controls
Look for a reset button/switch and reset it or go to your local homedepot because they have a 800 number you can call to help you fix it yourself.
KENMORE ELITE FREEZER D-4 WARNING ALWAYS GOING OFF
Is your circulating fan working?
Sometimes they stick and need a shot of WD 40 and then work
it back and forth a little until it wants to take off again. Keep me informed
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