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the motor of the compressor may have tripped on overload protection. Allow it to cool down and then unplug the fridge then plug it back in and try to run it. It should run. Be advised that the condenser coils underneath need to be clean. You should have a strong person tilt the empty fridge while you vacuum and clean all the dust and lint off the coils. Be gentle as these coils are fragile and are easily damaged. Hope this helps.
If you just purchased the freezer 3 weeks ago, I would be calling the store and or the manufacturer, and have them send out a service man to fix it or replace it.
a coil covered in ice is one of two things
your defrost is not working or your circ fan is not working
make sure the fan inside is free and spinning
the make sure your defrost timer is operational
the bev airs are usually right in front behind the toe kick
short of that ohm out your heater to ensure its working
Without knowing if it a freezer or a cooler I will have to guess. Could be caused by a few things. I'll list them in order of the one I think is the most common reason.
Cooler
Door gaskets or someone left door open for a time.
Thermostat set to low.
Low freon
expantion valve out of adjustment or needs replaced
Freezer
Defrost not working (Will have heaters with a timer)
No your are Ok . You may be to small on your unit. Check the charge you may be low. Make sure site glass is clear. Also I have had to install a dfrost time on several of my coolers. If you have one just set defrost for more or more often. Got to keep the beer cool. Rus
If the thermostat will let you set that high of a temp, you probably could use it. Let me give you a few things to think about.
At higher temps, the refrigerant pressures could cause the compressor to work harder which would shorten the life.
The unit will also have shorter run cycles which could over work the compressor.
Shorter run times will affect the humidity of the conditioned space. Bad thing if you have fruits and veggies in there.
You will have to eliminate the defrost cycles. No need to have "Forced" defrost at cooler temps.
I am not a big fan of using equipment for things other than what it was designed for.
So, you can try it and keep an eye on how it performs.
Good luck and hope this is of some help.
From what I can gather, you have a self defrosting freezer and the "motor" you speak of is the fan inside the freezer. If this is correct, do this:
Unplug freezer. Unload all food into coolers or other freezer space. Leave freezer door open for a day to allow it to manually defrost. Plug freezer back in after minimum 24 hours and confirm fan running and cooling before loading back up with food.
There are generally 2 reasons why this would happen. The defrost timer or heater has gone bad. Or, the fan is not working. Because you state that it runs all day long, I would think that the coils are now a block of ice and cannot cool. In any case, manually defrost it now. Turn off the power and use a hair drier on low (not hot) setting. This should fix the electrical cost for now. Then you can determine if the fan is running properly, or the defroster.
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