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in article , Terry Pinnell at
wrote on 1/22/04 06:49:

After getting some help here in October, I defrosted my Hotpoint 8571,
combination fridge freezer (messy business) and all seemed well.
Temperature of the freezer section was -25C.

I noticed over weekend that it seemed less cold. Ice cream no longer
took hammer and chisel to extract. Measured today as -17C. Is that
unacceptably high please?

Hope you didn't use a sharp object or force to remove ice.
Very easy to pierce/crack aluminum evaporator, causing refrigerant loss (can
leak very slowly).
HTH
Dave Cole