"Mark" wrote in message
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On Wed, 15 Jul 2009 05:09:38 -0700 (PDT), NT
wrote:

On Jul 15, 12:16 pm, (Andrew Gabriel)
wrote:
In article . com,
Mike Lane writes:

Ma rk wrote on Jul 15, 2009:

... and avoid frost free freezers.

What is supposed to be the problem with these?

Reliability of basic sealed refrigeration systems is astonishingly
high, and has been for decades. Reliability of the extra frost-free
components can't get even close, so it's the frost-free parts which
limit the reliability of frost free freezers.

AIUI there are 3 reliability problems with FF FFs.
1. Failure of inherently limited life parts, namely fans
2. greater complication and lower reliability of control systems leads
to many failures too
3. Design compromises mean that deicing sometimes fails, resulting in
ice clogging, causing failure to cool.

In some respects FF FFs are certainly better, but failure is a real
issue in practice, and I'm not convinced they're a great choice
because of this.


I've had a Hoover F/F
fridge-freezer since 2002 and it's still working normally. I used to
find

7 years, and just one appliance, really doesn't mean anything.

no quite



defrosting a freezer indoors a really tedious chore that I'm glad not
to have
to do any more

I've had a non-frost free freezer for 9 years now, and never yet
needed to defrost it (although I probably will have to in next
couple of years).

And dont forget that its a mistake to assume frost frees dont need
defrosting. If the door gets left ajar or the defrost heater fails,
both of which happen, it will then need a defrost tog et working
again.

If the fan, controller, or defrost heater fails it will need
defrosting far more frequently than a non frost-free freezer.
Typically a matter of a few weeks IME.

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I thought I once read that there are only about 4 manufacturers of domestic
fridge compressors in the world.


I found it easy to replace a FF FF defrost timer - once I realised what I
needed. Only £7.95