Hi. I have an integrated Electrolux fridge freezer ER 7831. We recently had a huge build up of ice in the freezer (and also the top of fridge!) . After fully defrosting (we switched off the unit at the plug) for a couple of days, and cleaning it , and turning back on , the fridge has stayed quite warm and unusable . The freezer worked ok for 3 weeks but now that is getting warmer too and not freezing. It’s making all the right sounds though, and we’ve had the dial right up to 6 (max) , with no effect. Is there a way to rescue this , or is it time for a new one...? Any help much appreciated. Thanks . Graham

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it is almost certainly a defrost problem. when fault has occured, remove freezer bzck panel and see if there is ice build-up. if so this confirms a defrost problem - possibly that the element is open circuit

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well fridgetech that was proof that you cant help if they wont help themselves Well.....thanks for trying

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the ice maker wont cycle untill the temp of the ice is around 10 degrees so if the freezer is at 15 or 20 due to some other malfunction then you will see the maker full of ice but it wont harvest and make another batch. so you could have a sensor bad, control malfunction, refrigeration issue, compressor, defrost system malfunction(you mentioned ice build up)

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Hi,

Your description is quite complete but is rather baffling. Pls bear with me while we process by elimination. A few basic/working ideas:

• most designs call for a single compressor to cool the freezer;
• the cold air in the freezer is drawn towards the fridge to cool that area;
• this is performed by a fan drawing air in the freezer through the evaporator;
• most would have a vent or air pathway to guide the freezer air;
• all would have thermostatic control to set the desired temperature;
• some designs have two thermostatic control , 1 for the freezer, 1 for the fridge.

• compressor is working since freezer is OK;
• fan is working as you posted but is the air drawn from the freezer, better still, is the air forced/vented into the fridge?
• could you please check that the air is strongly blown into the fridge area;
• a little experiment, open the fridge door, look for and press on the door switch, the light should go out, after a lengthy seconds, the fan should trigger on, not only would it be audible, you would notice the frozen air swirling inside the fridge area. If you hold on long enough to the dorr switch, the compressor should kick in (if it is not already running) since the thermostat of the fridge area (if one is present) would sense that the fan is turning but the fridge area is not cooling.
  

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remove the back wall leave the unit to run half hour open and see if coil have frost all the way from the top of the coil to the bottom if the coil is full you have adefrost problem could be your timer defrost thermostart or heater