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Hi. I hope someone call help me with my refrigerator problem. It's suddenly gotten way too cold, freezing the milk, the veggies, etc. It has a push-button LED dsplay to dial down the temperature, which I've done, putting it at a crazy 3 on the scale of 1-9. We have never had this problem before. Previously the setting was always fine--I believe we had it at 7.
As for the history of the refrigerator, I'm not sure. It was here when we bought the house. The previous owners left the owner's manual, though. I have that. I am not sure how old it is, however. It's a GE Profile Side by Side Refrigerator. The freezer seems to be operating okay--we haven't noticed anything strange on that side, but there's something wrong with the temperature gauge, I believe, on the refrigerator side. It seems like it doesn't know how cold it is.
I do have some basic mechanical skills. I have installed faucets and toilets, and I have done most of the electrical in the house. I can do these things. I hope someone can give me some insight.
All best,
James
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BUT THE REFG IN TO TEST MODE. YOUR HAVE TO REMOVE THE DAMPER AND SEE IF IT OPENS AND CLOSE.
YOUR MAY HAVE BAD.
Cold Control / Thermostat / Damper
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I don't know where the damper is. I've read through the entire manual. Just an hour ago I pulled the fridge out of its space and cleaned the condenser--it was full of dust, coated with dust. It's clean now.
If anyone can give me more info on where the damper is, how to get to it, etc., please post. Again, I have a GE Profile Side by Side. Probably 5-10 years old.
Thanks,
James
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The damper is inside a housing # 459 on fresh food parts breakdown. The damper will often break and is your most likely problem but you will have to tear it down to find out. You have to remove most of the shelves out of the fresh food section and remove the air duct on the back. Also you have to remove cover at the top. GE Refrigerator Repair Guide
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Also if you can’t see any physical damage to the damper you can leave it plugged in and turn it around so you can see the operation of the damper. With the door to your refrigerator open for more than three minutes the damper should close.
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When you are talking about the "back" and the "top" you're still talking about the INTERIOR of the refrigerator, right? Not on the backside of the unit. This is all, I know, making me sound quite stupid. I'm trying to gauge whether I can tackle this, or if I need to call someone.
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I am talking about the inside of the fresh food section. You don’t sound stupid maybe I wasn’t clear.
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I haven't done the damper thing yet, but my wife just told me that she thinks it's working correctly--less cold in the refrigerator. It does seem much less cold--I just checked. Could simply cleaning that condenser of dust have done that? It was really packed full of dust. I'm guessing it had never been cleaned. We definitely never cleaned it, and we've been in the house for four years.
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GE “claims” that the way that condenser is designed if it gets dirty it has no effect on the refrigeration of the refrigerator. I am not so sure I believe them but I don’t think it would cause you problem anyway.
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