"Steve Kraus"
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10 Year old GE Profile Side by Side.

Insufficent cooling on refrigerator side
regardless of thermostat setting
in the normal range or all the way down.

We have frequent problems where the refrigerator
side is not cooling
properly although the freezer side seems to do
ok. Often it *seems* to be
traceable to dust & lint laden condensor coils
underneath; at least
cleaning them makes the problem go away. This
unit seems to be
hypersenstive to dirty coils. Not sure if that
is the case this time but
while I wait to cleaning them cured it again I
would like to know a bit
more about this model.

Where does the cold air enter the refrigerator
side or does it just come
over for the freezer side? Does the freezer
'stat run the show and the
refrigerator 'stat just control air coming from
the freezer side? I'd like
to check if something is blocked. Besides the
adjustable opening down by
the veggie crisper I presume whatever else there
is must be up by the
controls and light. How does the cover panel
come off? Right now while
the unit is running I don't hear any sound of fan
forced air inside the
refrigerator compartment but naturally it's one
of those things where I
can't remember whether I'm supposed to or not; I
don't recall what
"normal" is.

If there is an actual refrigeration problem I
will get a pro in but as
things are staying frozen on the freezer side if
it something minor like a
blocked damper I'll have a go at it. It seems
likely it's something like
that. I don't mind a little disassembly; I
cleaned a plugged condensate
drain on the freezer side a year or two back.

defrost timer bad and blow thru place icing shut