Should the fan in a Hotpoint FFA90 be running all the time on the cooling cycle as mine is not.

SOURCE: Hotpoint Ice diamond fridge freezer both green & red lights on.?

bulmer...it takes about two days to fully defrost these units unless you take the freezer section cover off and use a heat source. If you do...be sure to protect yourself against water and electricity mixing....not healthy. See below for another note.

clean the condenser coils below the unit.

check for the amount of gas in the unit. It must be off for half an hour. Remove the back fiber panel. The big thing is the compressor. Clean off the largest pipe coming out of it. Plug the unit in...watch out for the fan! The pipe should frost up and then clear off or stay wet after about 5 minutes. It should not be frosty. If it is, you need refrigerant.

Note: If you do remove the inside freezer panel and defrost, you can see how much refrigerant you have in your unit. Start the unit. Wait 5 minutes and observe the coils. They should be evenly frosted end to end. If approximately so, you're good. If not, you're low on gas.

Mike Price

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• Posted on Jun 23, 2009

SOURCE: fridge/freezer cooling inefficiently

Either the repair guy did not wire up the heater correctly or he replaced the wrong part, if the heater was good it was likley to be the defrost thermostat...I would call the repair guy back to check.

SOURCE: fan not working on fridge section of Hotpoint Fridge Freezer Model FFA90

Fan not working, fridge not cooling anymore, freezer seems ok
Hotpoint Fridge Freezer RFA52 BUT I DONT KNOW WHERE IS THE FAN CAN SOMEONE HELP ME TO TELL ME WHERE IS THE FAN IN MY FRIDGE SO I CAN DEFROSE IT.
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MANY THANKS

SOURCE: my freezer side is not cooling properly

Hi,
I would say that you have a small leak and are looking at major problems down the road...
Checkout this tip that I wrote about that...

http://www.fixya.com/support/r4588788-refrigerator_or_freezer_not_cooling_or

heatman101

SOURCE: my freezer side in the hotpoint side by side

You have a defrost issue. You can check the defrost circuit by pulling the panal on back of fridg. Pull the back cover, look at bottom left for a three wire plug. Unplug refridgerator. Strip the ends of a jumperwire and jump the terminals l1 to defrost as lettered on the board. Plug in fridge and watch as defrost element thaws coils. If this is the case then you will need to replace the fridge's control board. Rock On!!