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Have just defrosted a Whirlpool AFB6600. When I've turned it back on the fast freeze button works but if i switch the fast freeze off (even after several hours) the freezer starts to defrost.
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The manual for the UW8F2CXLSB gives the normal defrost procedure. Remove food (you can set the freezer to a lower temperature or the Fast Freeze setting to super chill the food first for several hours). Store the food in a cool location. Then remove the freezer drawers and turn off the unit. Leave the freezer door open and put some towels or other absorbent cloth in the bottom to soak up the ice water. Replace the wet towels with dry ones as needed. Once defrosted, clean and dry the freezer before turning it back on. Then return the food to the freezer. There isn't a fast defrost that I know of for this Whirlpool freezer.
Just had exact same issue with our FZS175 upright Hotpoint freezer - could not reset the alarming state.
Tried defrosting (even though it didn't look like it needed it) but still no change.
Then found the shaft of the little plastic thermostat control knob had sheared off. The only way to tell this has happened is to remove the control panel cover (switch off at mains first of course).
Superglued the broken knob shaft back together, inserting a 1mm steel reinforcing pin (cut from a woodworking panel pin) to prevent it happening again, and all is now well.
I think I am in the wrong profession (British wildlife documentaries)!
Have you cleaned the condenser grill and made sure you have plenty of air flow around the unit? It might also be time to take the food out and completely defrost your freezer! Since you do have an ice build up on your evaporator grill.
check your defrost timer manually rotate it possible stock up or replace if damage check the resistance of your defrost heater if good the freezing is normal try to adjust it to the next level of adjustment then conduct observation. check also the thermodisc it is connected to sense the ice vulging of your unit that trigger the defrost heater and defrost timer observe unit.
shut down the whole unit and let it FULLY defrost,dry it out and then restart as new,it may take 24 hours to settle down,it will help if you have a "fast freeze" button.(as i live in England im not sure of your model).
JennyT just trying to help with this. I assume this is a self defrost model. If so then is there an ice build up on the back wall? If so then the unit isn't defrosting. That is why pushing the Fast Freeze button is no longer working. You can get by however. Remove all the food from the freezer, put a vacumn in the freezer and shut the door. Turn on the vacumn, this will pull the warm air thru the freezer and in 30 minutes to an hour it will be defrosted enough to work until you can get someone to replace the 1 of 3 parts that the defrost system uses. The vacumn is what I use to defrost my nonself defrosting freezer. Sorry I couldn't be of more help.
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