My hotpoint top freezer is not cold enough. The ice creams are all melted. I don't see any knob at the top for adjustment. There is a adjustment a the fridge level. I already turned it up to the hightest level 9 and the ice cream in the top freezer remains melted. please help. thanks

* Ice cream makers are small tub partial filled with cream, sugar, and flavor.
* This cream tub is placed inside a larger bucket containing ice and salt (usually rock salt). The salt makes the melted water almost as cold as the ice. (colder than regular unsalted water)
* Creme in contact with the metal tub gets frozen and creates a layer of frozen creme around the tub.
* The frozen creme is soft due to the fat in the creme preventing the liquid from freezing hard.
* Scraping away the semi frozen cream allows more liquid cream to freeze on the cleaned sides of the inner tub.
* with continuous scraping the cream will form a semi frozen "Milkshake" like thick liquid. It will not harden as the large ice bucket would have melted all the ice by then.
* Remove the semi-frozen cream. Serve immediately or pack in container to continue freezing cream. It should harden when left over nite in freezer.
* Using bucket; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_IFfVdOE2g
* Using bowl; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t7aUHywPnog
* Using Ziplock; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y-69y9GsS_4
* Enjoy!
Aloha, ukeboy57

ice is made at 30 degrees ice cream is not hard till about 3 degrees.
freezer not cold enough.

Generally the thermostat that turns on and off the compressor is in the freezer and so is the coils. The control knob that is in the refrigerator section is just to adjust the air flow between the two sections. If the air flow is blocked you don't get cooling in the refrigerator section. This could be a bad fan motor not creating circulation, ice blockage because the defrost cycle is not melting away ice accumulation. If it's defrost problems it could be timer, defrost thermostat, or heater element.

hi you have a defrost element problem Hotpoint and GE do burn out element . the element are in the back of freezer jim

Yes, it is possibly some freon was lost but I doubt it. It is very possible a fan froze when it was moved. I would assume when the fan motor got cold the lubrication got stiff and will not let it start again. You should also check the condenser fan first and be sure the coils are clean. If that is all clean and working, check the fans in the refrigerator and freezer. The freon thing would be the last thing to check and you will probably need a person licensed to make that check.
Good Luck,
Gilsh

If it is not freezing, I would suspect you didnt use enough salt. Salt melts the ice and makes the water colder. You need lots of ice, the finer crushed the better, and salt. Do not bleed off the cold water, that is where the action is.

Hope this helps.

remove back panel inside freezer and evaporator pipework will be exposed.
if this is heavily iced up, airflow will be impeded and hence rise in temperature
disconnect from mains and melt ice off carefully with a hairdryer then switch back on
you probably have a fault with the defrost system if this is the case - get back to me

between the door and freezer is very hot, and the refrigerator is not that cold and the freezing is freezing but not that well, ice cream is soft but meat freeze and ice is not melting. Also behind the fridge at the bottom is very hot.

You don't have enough cold air circulating over into the refrigerator section. This is usually controlled by an adjustable "flap" or door which is hooked to a conrol knob. When you rotate the knob you change the size of the opening which controls the air flow to the refrigerator secton. Also you may may have something blocking this air flow -- --- - like a wrapper from an ice cream bar, etc. Try to find the opening between the freezer and refrigerator sections and look for an obstruction.
Stargazer

Have you tried re-gassing your fridge maybe one of your lines may have a leak,let a refrigeration technician check it out to certain