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I assume you are talking about a side-by-side? If you have an ice
machine in the freezer, be sure to turn this OFF until you
return to normal operation.

I don't know if it is a type of fridge-freezer that
you would see in the US Fred. The fridge and freezer
compartments are above each other, both with their
own doors. The cheapest models use a single compressor,
which is controlled by a thermostat in the fridge only.
The fridge is controlled to run at just above 0C and
the freezer compartment runs at 'minus something' just
by circulating air around the coldest part of the coils.

The design suffers from two major faults. The first
one is the one that Terry has recently experienced,
freezer compartment defrosting due to blocked airflow.
The second problem is more subtle.... if you install
such a fridge-freezer in an environment which runs at
lower than about 18C then the freezer compartment can
also warm up. This is because, at 18C ambient, the
fridge, (which is doing the controlling), doesn't run
the compressor enough to keep the freezer compartment
down at it's 'minus something'.

That second problem often occurs with 1-compressor models
kept (say) in an unheated garage, during winter months.

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