I have a scandinova chest freezer. The red light is on and there is a distinctive chemical smell

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do you have voltage at the compressor? if not you have an open circuit or bad t-stat. if voltage is present and compressor is not running you have a bad start device or bad compessor. if voltage present and compressor runs you have a refrigeration issue get a new freezer.

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it would apear the stat is the fault. the thermostat is monitoring the temperature of the inner liner and tubing. if the compresor isnt actuly staying on the only part controling it is the stat. if you have the knoledge i would sugest you bypass the contol with the unit unpluged and the plug it in to conferm the fault was the control. p/s you may have a friend who has some knoledge . the control is a simple switch. just enshure the unit is unpluged. hope this helped

SOURCE: Haier freezer chest not cooling. Green light is

Do not put a towel on your freezer or anything that could prevent a good seal from top of freezer.
jim

SOURCE: I have a Zanussi chest freezer. What does the red

its too warm,could be iced up or worse.

SOURCE: I have an Electrolux Intuition Chest Freezer. The

you need to clean the condensor coils with a brush or compressed air