On Wed 07 Sep 2005 07:50:24p, Eric wrote in alt.home.repair:

Wayne Boatwright wrote:

We have a 16 cu.ft. Frigidaire frost-free upright freezer that was
purchased about 4 years ago.

From the first day we plugged it in, the temperature has ranged from
0°F to +5°F. The salesman recommended setting the control to it
coldest setting, and it has always been set there.

In the past several months, the temperature has been creeping up to
around 30°F, and we quit keeping items in it that required being frozen
solid.

Last weekend when I opened the freezer to remove a few things, the
temperature had risen to around 45°F. Most of the contents were at
least partially frozen, so we transferred as much as we could to our
refrigerator freezer. During this time the freezer door remained fully
open. When we were finished, I spent a few minutes wiping down the
interior and the inside of the door as the surfaces were all moist.
Finally, we closed the door and our thoughts turned to replacing the
freezer.

A few hours later I thought of something I had left in the freezer and
went to retrieve it. Much to my surprise, the temperature had dropped
to -10° F., where it has remained ever since. It had never reached
this temperature before.

Note that the freezer has never been without power, nor has it ever
been turned off. The temperature setting has remained at maximum.

I simply can't figure this out and I wonder if anyone here might have
an explanation. Any ideas?

TIA

probably a bad thermostat - right from day 1
Eric



Thanks, Eric. Now that you mentioned thermostat, I wonder if maybe it was
just "stuck" somehow and is now working normally? It might be worth
monitoring for a while to see if the temp begins to vary again. I had a
similar freezer previously, and was always able to maintain -10°F. I had
that freezer for over 12 years when I moved out of state and left it
behind.

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