Good evening all, I'm not sure if my question has been posed by others so I figured i'd just go for it and hope someone can help. I have a Kenmore Ultra fresh side by side refrigerator and the coils located at the inside bottom of the freezer are freezing, icing, over. The freezer is fine but the refrigerator side isn't nearly as cold as it used to be. The fan does blow cold air into the refrigerator but the air flow is VERY weak. The fan does kick on and off as I'm constantly checking it but when the fan is off, the coils remain iced over. I was wondering what could be the cause of this problem so I can get on amazon and order replacement parts. Thank you for any and all help you all can provide.
Check thermistors , damper , make sure the control board is allowing the unit to defrost . You can bypass the board and force unit into defrost to make sure the heater is working. If it does go into defrost after bypassing the board than replace the board.
SOURCE: refrigerator/freezer not cooling evenly top to bottom
good then go ahead and ohm out the sensor and the relays to see if the resistance is close to the normat. 70 degrees is roughly 1000 ohms. relay you are lookling for continuity or open. then you can also ohm the fan motor too. let me know what you find;.that will determin whts bad and whats good
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Look in the back of the freezer, there will probably be a metal panel with a plastic vent on top.
Look through the vents in the metal panel, and you should see the shiny metal fins of the evaporator. If the fins or the vents are plugged with frost, that is your problem. The freezer will stay cold because a small amount of cold air will be forced through the frost but that will not be enough to make it up to the refrigerator portion. You can defrost the unit by removing the metal panel and allowing the frost to melt. Careful use of a hairdryer can speed up this process. This will likely be a temporary fix. The root cause of excessive frost can be caused by a bad door seal or a defective defrost circuit.
First check that the door seal is good by closing the door on a dollar bill at several points around the door, both on the freezer and refidgerator door. If you can pull the bill out with no resistance, the door is not making a good seal. Inspect the seal and make sure there isn't anything stopping the door from closing such as food, or a shelf not pushed in all the way.
If the door seal is good, the defrost system is likely defective. The defrost system has three main parts, the defrost heater, thermostat, and timer. If either one of the parts fails, the freezer will plug up with frost every few weeks. If you can troubleshoot this by manually starting the defrost cycle. Let me know if you would like this procedure.
SOURCE: My Kenmore fridge, Model 596-58692890
HI,
if the compressor is running your ref. should be getting cold. Their is a defrost timer but when it is in defrost the compressor shuts off. I think you do have a leak.
thanks,
SOURCE: Freezer and refrigerator are not cold enough.
you problem check and see if your fan condeser working best call service
Hi: I've dealt with Kenmore for 30 years. Unfortunately the new model numbers don't reveal the age. I must assume it's a newer model. I'm not disputing what you said about it running all the time, but please read on. Oddly enough the new energy efficient referigators run 70 to 80% of the time. They use a smaller compressor without the big amperage start-up. The best I can describe them is that they freewheel alot. The 106......of your model number means it was built by Whirlpool. A very quite and energy efficent refrigerator. If your power bill is high get a meter from your power company, most have them. Just to double check the power consumption. Good luck Jeff
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