My freezer seems to freeze everything, then it thaws everything and refreezes it. I’ve lost a substantial amount of food. I’ve noticed my ice cream although hard, looks like it was melted then refreezed. I had a bag of shrimp which although it was still somewhat cold (not frozen), the bag blew up like it was spoiled once before. There is a frost pattern on the coils and the compressor/and freezer itself seems to be running when I check on it. What could be causing the freezing/refreezing problem?
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Could be that the defrost thermostat is not working, contacts welded together.
Normally the defrost timer starts a defrost cycle, when all the ice is off the evaporator coils the defrost thermostat opens and shuts off the defrost element. Note the timer is still in a defrost cycle for some time.
If the defrost thermostat does not open there will be a heat build up in the freezer.
Remove it from the freezer and check it, should be open at room temperature.
Note: be gentle with it sometimes just a bump will open the contacts.
Thank you for your quick reply. I will check the defrost thermostat as you suggested. Thanks for all your help!