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The evaporator, condenser and compressor all tuen off and on whenever the cold control turns off and on. If one of these turns off when the control is on, that's your problem item.
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What I presume is the evaporator fan (which blows into the freezer compartment) is on only when the compressor is on, which goes on when the freezer temp gets to 10 and goes off when it drops to -10. Does this mean that the condensor is also on? If so, then it seems to me, from the way I read you, that this part is working OK. Is that right??
Also I noticed that there is a faint click when the refrig control passes 6, but I cannot detect anything happening.
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I'm with Rich on this one: the evaporator (and condenser) fan is only supposed to run with the compressor. It sounds like you have a bad cold control.
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Am I misunderstanding something?
When the compressor goes on, the fan in the freezer comes on and blows cold air taking the temp from 10 to -10, then both go off. Isn't that what you say is right?
Rich wrote: When you hear the click behind the control panel and the evaporator fan starts, does the compressor start up also? If so, you probably have an intermittant cold control.
This sounds to me like the same thing.
What exactly is "intermittant cold control"? Is that the normal for my appliance or a kind problem?
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Try a new cold control by calling this parts site.
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Thank you for your help. That looks like a little much for me to deal with, but I should be able to have an intelligable talk with a repair man now.
RC.
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Just to let you know ---
I called in a local repair man. He described the workings of the refrigerator, the possibiliy of descreased efficiency, and described a few things to do. The appliance is about 10 yrs old (he looked it up), which was near the end of its expected life. The ultimate solution, though, was to clean the condensor. He showed me where it was and how to do it and now the refrigerator works ok.
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