RogerT wrote:
Frigidaire Refrigerator/Top-Mount Freezer, Model Number FRT21P5A.

I got a call from a tenant who is saying that some items in the refrigerator
are freezing up -- milk, vegetables, etc. Apparently, the freezer part is
working fine. However, she said if she turns the refrigerator temp setting
down (from "colder" toward "cold"), things in the fridge do not get cold
enough.

She said this is not an urgent problem, but she thinks it has been getting
worse over the past 6 months and she is concerned that maybe the
refrigerator is getting ready to fail. I am going to head over there in a
day or two.

My question is, does anyone have any suggestions of what I should look for
or try while there? If it is not a simple fix or it needs a part replaced
or something like that, I'll have an appliance repair person come out. I
don't actual refrigerator repairs since I don't know enough about them.
But, if there is something I can try adjusting or cleaning or whatever, I'd
like to give that a try first.

Thanks.



The first thing I would do is defrost the refrigerator completely. It
is probably a frost free one, but there still could be a lot of ice
build up that is not being removed during the defrost cycle. Check to
see that water is flowing via the rubber tube to the pan where the
defrost water evaporates. If the tube is blocked, then the water will
simply refreeze after the cycle.

Next check to see if the fan that blows cold air from the freezer
compartment to the refrigerator compartment is working well. If there
is any noise when the fan runs or obstruction due to ice build up so
that cold air is not being sent to the refrigerator compartment, that
could be the problem.