Kitchen-Aid
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This is a 20 year old fridge, but with a $10,000+ replacement cost, looking to get a few more years out of it. A couple weeks ago the freezer and fridge temps were quite high. We had to remove all the food. A serviceman came and replaced the circulating fan and that seemed to help, but then a few days later the temps rose again. I ordered a refurbished control board which has been in for a week and the fridge does some weird stuff.
I noticed every once in a while the frezzert emp would rise to 6F and then go back down. Fridge stayed at 37F. AFter talking to the service guy he decided it was probably the auto defrost cycle. I placed a bluetooth thermometer in the freezer and fridge to be able to see temperature changes with time.
So I could see these temp rises every 8-12 hours, the freezer going up to 10F on my thermometer. After 2 days, I had an event where the freezer and fridge went up a lot 15F for the freezer and 44 for the fridge. They are set at 0/37. But after a while, they came down again for another 2 days. It happened again last night but this time I checked what I though coulkd be running. I don;t beleive any fans were on or the compressor. Dead silent except for a little gurgling in the freezer section. I did cycle the 2 power switches, nothing started inside. It was midnight and I when to bed. Everything fine this morning abd when I look at the temperature curve, same as all the other cycles, but just higher.
So my questions:
- Does the fridge stop running during auto defrost?
- Could this be normal?
- Stuff in the freezer like ice cream is hard - should I just let it run or does all this point to another issue. It has a new circulation fan and refurbished control board.
Thanks
TedT