My chest freezer (a Kelvinator) runs, but does not get cold. The motor is clearly trying to run, but does not lower the temp beyond room temperature. There is a vague smell of burning when I leave it plugged in. Any advice on what's broken, and whether its worth fixing?

The numbers are generic and don't mean a thing. They are there to make you feel like you have control. Anything under 1 should be very much frozen. If it is not then you have T-stat problem and should address that. Chest freezers run at -25f on average if the freezer has enough product in it. The more food in the freezer the better and more efficiently it will run.

Left = warm Right = cold

check to see that the door closes tight and it is not losing cold air. If it seems to be ok I would check the thermostat

If this unit has a control it would be located on the outer left side in the lower right hand corner. There would be a dial, the higher the number the cooler the temperature. Many of these chest freezers did not have an adjustable control.

unplug unit to "reset." pull unit out from wall and blow the coils out on the back of refrigerator. if that does not work- call service man to come check freon level.

SUM HUSBAND. call the handyman N-E-WAY

I have a similar problem with danby and have been unable to get help - I now HATE Danby Chest Freezers

home refrigeration units are not designed to work in low temperature areas. where temps will drop below 45f so that is your problem. this is listed in your owners manual if you want to verify. thx peyton

jtcarlier
20 Degrees is good



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I have a danby mini fridge and freezer and noticed the same problem. The temperature dial has NO NUMBERS ON IT! it just has a strip that goes from light to dark blue. That's it. I looked in the manual and it doesn't say anywhere which way is colder...it makes sense that the darker the blue the colder the temperature but why keep us guessing?