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Over the past several months BOTH sides have experienced periods of high temps-19 in freezer and 49 in fridge. After a couple hours, temps return to normal. Not I can't get temps back to a normal zero/38 degrees after re-cleaning the coil at bottom. The unit is in a built-in enclosure so I can't see the back and pulling it out requires door removal since there is an obstruction at the front. Last night and this AM temps are now 21/51 and it seems to be going bad fast.
Door seals are fine...fan at bottom coil runs....what to do?
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Just turned the unit off for a half hour...temps still at 21/51... hoping they'll drop? After turning on the fans and compressor are still running. But what to do next?
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Does the fan inside the freezer work properly? I understand this is a huge headache, but the refrigerator should be somehow pulled out of the wall not only for condenser cleaning which is a part of regular maintenance. The most common problem with these GE refrigerators is a faulty main control board which is on the back as well. Here are the breakdown diagrams and Replacement parts for GE PSI23NSTASV | AppliancePartsPros.comGene.
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Thanks, Gene. I blew out the condenser coil yesterday and freezer dropped to zero overnight, but now it's climbing back up to 10 this AM. Not sure what's up now?
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Temps reached 20 again by noon today and are now going back down to about 8 degrees...still heading downward, I believe. Does this sound like a bad board?
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Do the fan next to the condenser and the fan inside the freezer work properly?
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Sure...no problem with those. Seems to put out a LOT of heat around the compressor, even after cleaning.
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Remove the rear panel in the freezer and check how the evaporator is covered with snow. Normally it suppose to be 100% covered with thin snow. If it's not then it can be a problem with the sealed system. It could be low on Freon, a restriction somewhere or a bad compressor. If it's less than 5 years old then it could be under the warranty.
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After pulling the unit out, I see there's no way for air to get in the rear grill next to the coil. I'm thinking I need to open up a hole in the enclosure box back there and get more air to that area.
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