I bought this refrigerator 2+ years ago. The original (digital) settings were 0 degrees (freezer) and 27 degrees (refrigerator), it worked fine. Recently I reset the fridge portion to 35, found it too cold, things started freezing, so I changed it back to 37, no change. Even at 45 (max) things still freeze. Setting the freezer to 5 (max) doesn't help either. Turning the refrigerator off for several hours didn't help either. I cleaned the coils, checked for air and water leaks etc. I read something about the damper control being bad. Could it be something else?
On a fridge freezer only the fridge temperature is monitored. In a cold location the fridge might not even need cooling and the freezer would get too warm but the thing won't care.
If the fridge sensor sees it as too warm then it will keep the motor running and the first thing to get really cold is the freezer.
Remember the freezing part is not temperature controlled ion a fridgefreezer.
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You more than likely need to replace the control cable between the upper and lower board. It comes as a kit with the upper board. You can also do a bypass test by unplugging your thermoster from the circuit board. The thermoster is the temperature control for the refrigerator nothing to do with the freezer.
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SOURCE: My Kenmore Elite refrigerator keeps freezing the food!
Replace your thermostat and will work like new again
SOURCE: Refrigerator is cold, freezer not freezing
Amana refrig have 2 main problems . 1 is the defrost bimetal ( 1" cylinder at the top right on the freezer coils with 2 wires ) and the other is a refrigerant leak where the copper tubing joins the aluminum tubing at the freezer coils ( evaporator coils ) . If your freezer fan is not working and you have frost on the freezer coils then replace the bimetal as this also controls the defrost heater ( defrost thermostat ) . If you have no frost on the coils ( for both checks , you will have to remove the inside rear freezer panel , maybe 12 screws ) , then a refrigerant leak has happened and the best solution would be to replace the refrig .
SOURCE: have kenmore 253.54622402 side by side--from the
" waited 1 hour freezer 20 degrees // cold food side 45 degrees and no air flowing from damper " As per this it indicates that the ventilations are getting blocked after few hours.First the air was flowing from damper but after one hour it stopped flowing air from damper.Check
the damper if there is too much water collected in
the damper then press the damper and remove the water
collected in it.------------
The working procedure of this Kenmore side by side refrigerator is as follows: --- The compressor
starts then it cools the freezer section. When the freezer reaches its cooling
level the defrost cycle starts functioning. In this cycle the fan in the
freezer section starts running and the cool air in the
freezer section is passed to the fridge section and the
fresh food section gets cold. The air from freezer to fridge passes
from the section, in that section the damper is located. Now this problem which
you mentioned. In this problem the freezer thaws, this happens if the
thermostat is not functioning or the heater is not heating. Then the ice starts
getting collected on the evaporator coil. The evaporator coil
is at the internal section of freezer. If too much ice gets collected
then this ice blocks the fan in the freezer section from functioning and this
blocks the damper section with ice getting collected there. This all procedure
is controlled by the main defrost board of the unit. Now if the damper is not got
blocked with too much water or if the ice is not got collected on the damper
area then check the evaporator coils. If there is too much ice got
collected on the coils, then takes a hair dryer and melt the collected ice.
Then see if the problem returns again. But if there is little bit ice collected
on the coils and fan is running properly then it's not a problem. In that case
main board is faulty and it has to be replaced. The main defrost board is working but
its not controlling the functions as required so the freezer thaws after few hours.
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parts from sears part direct online site or from repairclinic.com site. -------------------------- To test defrost thermostat you can test this way:--- The defrost thermostat is difficult to test since many refrigerators use different fixed temperature settings and unless you have a very accurate temperature test device the test will not provide proper results. Now you can take the defrost thermostat out of the unit and place the element only in a glass of ice water. When the element is cold it should have continunity between the two wires.------ The meter should not show a reading if the thermostat is
turned off. If a reading appears, replace the thermostat.
When the thermostat is turned on, the meter should indicate "0" ohm
or .3 or .2 on a digital readout. If it does not appear as "0" ohm or
.3 or .2, replace thermostat.Turn the thermostat on and
place each probe on either side of the thermostat so meter reads "0"
ohm or .2 ohm digital. Put water and some ice in the cup. Temperature should be
32 degrees. If, after four minutes, the meter does not reflect infinite or
.0000 on the digital meter open circuit, replace the thermostat.----If thermostat checked out ok then check defrost heater connection.The defrost heater is connected to the side of evaporator coil in the freezer section.If this defrost heater is faulty then it will not melt the ice getting collected on the evaporator coil and due to that defrost system will not be able to function as required.Remove the wire for one side of the heating element from the wiring and measure it for continuity, usually around 20 ohms or so.----------- Now to see where defrost heater is located.Please click on this link below and see part number 14 on the diagram.And part number 15 is evaporator coil.And part number 21 is thermostat. ---------- -------- This will help. Thanks. Helpmech.
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