Thanks to all, Many of you were correct on the info regarding the
controls. After returning home yesterday I found that the Freezer
control was a bit above Med (which I had thought was at Max) and the
Fridge was at Max. I turned the Freezer a bit below Med and the
fridge to Med and sure enough my fridge went to about 20F, now I just
have to find a happy medium where my frozen goods stay frozen and my
refrigerated goods keep from freezing.

The space for the fridge is not so deep, about 22", so I wanted a
shallow unit, all counter depth units are extremely expensive for my
budget so this $360 POS seemed to be the best affordable option and
will hopefully last a couple years until I gather enough clams to buy
a nice unit. I have my eyes on a nice Fisher & Paykel that runs about
$1500, only 24" deep but much wider that the Magic Chef that I have.

Thanks again for all of you help!


On Sep 18, 10:36 pm, "Don Young" wrote:
"gusdog" wrote in message

ps.com...



After leaving another message with Magic Chef, someone returned my
call within 2 hours and told me to turn both the freezer and fridge to
a medium and all should be good. I mentioned to him that the freezer
was set between med and max and he said that was too high. I will
give it a try, I have already been looking at other options.

On Sep 18, 2:13 pm, "jmagerl" wrote:
My new whirlpool did the same. I took it back and got a new one. Works
fine
now.
Something about quality now a days. to get one working, it took: 2
refridgerators, 2 stoves, 3 dishwashers
Buy somewhere with a no hassle guarentee. You'll need it.

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On Tue, 18 Sep 2007 05:04:51 -0700, gusdog
wrote:

I bought a brand new 10.3 Cubic foot Magic Chef Fridge at Home Depot
last Friday, I got it home and let it set for about 3 hours (it was
transported and loaded in the upright position). I leveled it side to
side and front to back and I set both the freezer and the fridge to a
bit below max as suggested in the manual and then I plugged it in.
The manual suggested to let run for about 2 hours until it cooled down
before putting food into it, and also leave about 5 inches from the
back to the wall. On one side the fridge is against the counter, the
back is 5 inches from the wall and the other side has nothing against
it. Well the freezer gets as cold as it should but the fridge would
not get below 40 degrees. I returned the unit and exchanged it for
another one and again transported it in the upright position and this
time waited 4 hours before plugging it in. This one fluxuated between
36 and 40 degrees set on the max setting. I am not turning the
setting control knob beyond the max setting either as I have read that
this can actually turn it off on some models. Is magic chef junk or
is it something I am doing wrong? I own a smaller magic chef tall
dorm fridge and that is set to 3 and does a great job keeping cool.
Any suggestions?

I think that is basically a Whirlpool. The cooling comes from the
freezer. Be sure the little door down on the side of the crisper is
open. The cool air comes in the top through those louvers on the left
side and circulates back into the freezer through the hole next to the
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On many combination units the refrigerator actually has no temperature
control. Some adjustable amount of cold air is blown into the refrigerator
when the freezer is cooling. If you load the refrigerator or open the door a
lot, it will get warmer. If you load the freezer or open the door a lot so
the cooling units runs more, the refrigerator will get colder. You basically
set the freezer for the desired freezer temperature and adjust the air door
for an acceptable range of refrigerator temperatures based on your usage
patterns for the freezer and refrigerator. It is actually sorta like the old
refrigerators with the freezing compartment for ice cubes except the
thermostat now is actually in the freezer instead of the refrigerator.

Your refrigerator may be working just fine but hasn't reached a stable
balance point because of your unusual or erratic usage during testing.

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