On Dec 7, 11:38 pm, "hr(bob) "
wrote:
On Dec 7, 9:56 pm, Meat Plow wrote:



On Fri, 07 Dec 2007 19:13:14 -0800, Jay wrote:
On Dec 7, 9:51 pm, Meat Plow wrote:
On Fri, 07 Dec 2007 15:19:27 -0800, Jay wrote:
For the last week ourrefrigerator/freezer was getting successively
warmer each day. I looked
on line and thought it may be the defrost timer/thermostat. I open up
the back panel (side-by-side Frigidaire )
and saw that there was no frost build up on the coils. We had a guy
from G&G appliance come in and he
QUICKLY determined that there was a leak in the system or a
restriction in the condenser. He said to junk it, it would be to
costly to fix.

However the next day (today) it is back to normal. The freezer is ice-
cold again and the fridge is cold.

I called the guy back and he said that if there was a leak, moisture
could have gotten into the condenser and caused
the restriction. Once it warmed up enough the moisture freed itself
and the fridge must have started to work again.
He still stood by his decision to junk the fridge and that there is
still a leak that could come back in 1 week or 6 mos.

My question is, if there is a leak, how could it have fixed itself and
cooled itself back off... wouldn't the refrigerant have dissipated?
Any help would be appreciated as I don't want to get a new one!

If it had a leak, the freon would leak out. If there was moisture in the
system it could cause an ice restriction in the evaporator (cooling coil)
then go away when it warmed up. Don't know what other mubo jumbo the G&G
dude told you but what I said is the way it is, period.

Yeah, that's basically what he he said, I just couldn't remember it
right.
Is it possible that it would come back?

I was only speculating on the blockage being ice. If your fridge has been
trouble free and hasn't been worked on pertaining to the sealed system
there isn't any way for moisture to get in to make ice. But to answer your
question yes, a blockage could occur again. Is this the culprit? Don't
know for sure without paying you a service call next time it acts up

As far as a leak goes it doesn't take much loss to disrupt the operation
and that loss can happen quickly. One thing that does trouble me is that
an experienced technician will be able to distinguish between a leak and
a blockage and not leave you with "it could be one or the other." Maybe
next time if it happens get another company to have a look. Hell it could
even be totally unrelated to the freon system like maybe a defrost timer
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How much did you have to pay for the non-service call? That guy was
playing pretty fast and loose with the truth.

$60. He basically said all of that what you guys said. Either a
leak or a blockage
in the system. The compressor was running, there was no ice in the
back back panel at all.
The heater was not on either. We ended up moving it out to the
garage... Thanks for all the
the help!