Stormin Mormon wrote:
From your description, I'm thinking a defective defrost
termination thermostat. An appliance guy can replace that. The
other "maybe" is a bad condensor fan. But the termination
thermostat is most likely.

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Christopher A. Young
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The problem is that I have a freezer that freezes everything,
and then
defrosts. It gets cold enough to do the job, but then it
warms up and
everything thaws. It does this several times a day. Even when
it's not
freezing, though, it still has electricity, because the light
in the
fridge always goes on.

An electrician isn't the person to call. An appliance repair
guy is. They
will stick a temperature probe in the freezer, connected to
some kind of
paper chart recorder/printer that shows the temperature inside
over a period
of many hours, sometimes days. It is very important that you
NEVER open the
freezer door during this test.

It sounds like there's something wrong with your temperature
sensor and/or
timer. No electrician will find that.

Or - does the compressor motor not have enough air circulation
to stay cool?
Pull the fridge out from the wall a few inches and see what
that does.


You two do know that this is the 3 fridge has the same problem. It
sounds like the only thing it can be is the electric.

Take a meter and measure the voltage at the outlet,