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Little fridge/freezer mystery
Amana 18 cu. foot fridge from 1984, freezer on top. Carton of ice cream in freezer. On day 1, ice cream is hard, very difficult to spoon out. On day 2, ice cream is very soft, easy to spoon. On day 3, ice cream is hard again, as on day 1. Carton is in same position in freezer. Basically, nothing changes. As far as I can tell, the thermostat is working OK. What would cause this? Any idea?? Will |
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Wilfred Xavier Pickles wrote: Amana 18 cu. foot fridge from 1984, freezer on top. Carton of ice cream in freezer. On day 1, ice cream is hard, very difficult to spoon out. On day 2, ice cream is very soft, easy to spoon. On day 3, ice cream is hard again, as on day 1. Carton is in same position in freezer. Basically, nothing changes. As far as I can tell, the thermostat is working OK. What would cause this? Any idea?? Will Your wife had ice cream for breakfast on day 2, and left the carton sitting out on the kitchen counter for 6 hours. |
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Wilfred Xavier Pickles wrote:
Amana 18 cu. foot fridge from 1984, freezer on top. Carton of ice cream in freezer. On day 1, ice cream is hard, very difficult to spoon out. On day 2, ice cream is very soft, easy to spoon. On day 3, ice cream is hard again, as on day 1. Carton is in same position in freezer. Basically, nothing changes. As far as I can tell, the thermostat is working OK. What would cause this? Any idea?? Will Automatic defrost cycle in the freezer. |
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http://www.homeownershub.com/mainten...ry-645472-.htm Matt1986 wrote: Wilfred Xavier Pickles wrote: Amana 18 cu. foot fridge from 1984, freezer on top. Carton of ice cream in freezer. On day 1, ice cream is hard, very difficult to spoon out. On day 2, ice cream is very soft, easy to spoon. On day 3, ice cream is hard again, as on day 1. Carton is in same position in freezer. Basically, nothing changes. As far as I can tell, the thermostat is working OK. What would cause this? Any idea?? Will ------------------------------------- Hey if you are near Los Angeles contact these guys :http://ameriproappliancerepair.com/ They do not charge estimation fee and they are also offering great discounts. |
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Little fridge/freezer mystery
Is this like the one about the air plane that visits four
air ports? My guess is that the soft ice cream due to defrost cycle. The airplane question was.... well, I'll leave you guessing. -- Christopher A. Young Learn more about Jesus www.lds.org .. "Wilfred Xavier Pickles" wrote in message ... Amana 18 cu. foot fridge from 1984, freezer on top. Carton of ice cream in freezer. On day 1, ice cream is hard, very difficult to spoon out. On day 2, ice cream is very soft, easy to spoon. On day 3, ice cream is hard again, as on day 1. Carton is in same position in freezer. Basically, nothing changes. As far as I can tell, the thermostat is working OK. What would cause this? Any idea?? Will |
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Protected by the EPA, also.
-- Christopher A. Young Learn more about Jesus www.lds.org .. "G. Morgan" wrote in message ... Matt1986 wrote: responding to http://www.homeownershub.com/mainten...ry-645472-.htm __________________________________________________ _______ Hey if you are near Los Angeles contact these guys :hxtp://amerispamappliancerepair.com/ The rare and elusive double-spam. |
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Little fridge/freezer mystery
On Fri, 12 Aug 2011 05:16:46 -0400, LouB wrote:
Wilfred Xavier Pickles wrote: Amana 18 cu. foot fridge from 1984, freezer on top. Carton of ice cream in freezer. On day 1, ice cream is hard, very difficult to spoon out. On day 2, ice cream is very soft, easy to spoon. On day 3, ice cream is hard again, as on day 1. Carton is in same position in freezer. Basically, nothing changes. As far as I can tell, the thermostat is working OK. What would cause this? Any idea?? Will Automatic defrost cycle in the freezer. Yep. They are on a 24 hour cycle in most cases. Some refrigerators have a way to adjust that so it happens when you are unlikely to want [soft] ice cream. Otherwise, you can 'move' it by unplugging the fridge for an hour at a time until the cycle is where you want it. [I suppose that isn't true of all fridges-- but 1984 seems like about the vintage of one that I've done that with.] Jim |
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LouB wrote: Wilfred Xavier Pickles wrote: Amana 18 cu. foot fridge from 1984, freezer on top. Carton of ice cream in freezer. On day 1, ice cream is hard, very difficult to spoon out. On day 2, ice cream is very soft, easy to spoon. On day 3, ice cream is hard again, as on day 1. Carton is in same position in freezer. Basically, nothing changes. As far as I can tell, the thermostat is working OK. What would cause this? Any idea?? Will Automatic defrost cycle in the freezer. Hi, And/or fan. |
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Wilfred Xavier Pickles wrote:
Amana 18 cu. foot fridge from 1984, freezer on top. Carton of ice cream in freezer. On day 1, ice cream is hard, very difficult to spoon out. On day 2, ice cream is very soft, easy to spoon. On day 3, ice cream is hard again, as on day 1. Carton is in same position in freezer. Basically, nothing changes. As far as I can tell, the thermostat is working OK. What would cause this? Any idea?? Will On topic, earlier this week while searching for something in our grossly disorganized top freezer fridge I noticed a can of Coke on the top shelf of the fridge section lying on its side against the back of the compartment. I noticed that the bottom of that can was bulging out. I pulled it out and the found that can of Coke was frozen solid. Then I noticed a small bottle of apple juice, also lying on its side next to the Coke can was frozen solid too. My fridge thermometer lying inside one of the mid height drawers read 40 degrees eff, and the temperature of the other things in the fridge compartment felt "OK". I've never seen anything freeze solid in a fridge compartment before, I'm assuming it's because they were lying right under where the fan blown air from the freezer compartment enters the fridge compartment. Anyone agree? Thanks guys, Jeff -- Jeffry Wisnia (W1BSV + Brass Rat '57 EE) The speed of light is 1.8*10e12 furlongs per fortnight. |
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On Fri, 12 Aug 2011 08:26:42 -0400, Jim Elbrecht wrote:
Automatic defrost cycle in the freezer. Yep. They are on a 24 hour cycle in most cases. Some refrigerators have a way to adjust that so it happens when you are unlikely to want [soft] ice cream. Otherwise, you can 'move' it by unplugging the fridge for an hour at a time until the cycle is where you want it. [I suppose that isn't true of all fridges-- but 1984 seems like about the vintage of one that I've done that with.] Thanks go to LouB and Jim. And others. I didn't think the defrost would let it get that soft. Wasn't a tiny dab, was about 1/2 of 56 oz carton, and it was very soft, close to runny. But, in the absence of other plausable explanations ... Will |
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Little fridge/freezer mystery
Sounds good. Fan may have been weak, and the cold wasn't
moving around as it should. -- Christopher A. Young Learn more about Jesus www.lds.org .. "jeff_wisnia" wrote in message ... Wilfred Xavier Pickles wrote: Amana 18 cu. foot fridge from 1984, freezer on top. Carton of ice cream in freezer. On day 1, ice cream is hard, very difficult to spoon out. On day 2, ice cream is very soft, easy to spoon. On day 3, ice cream is hard again, as on day 1. Carton is in same position in freezer. Basically, nothing changes. As far as I can tell, the thermostat is working OK. What would cause this? Any idea?? Will On topic, earlier this week while searching for something in our grossly disorganized top freezer fridge I noticed a can of Coke on the top shelf of the fridge section lying on its side against the back of the compartment. I noticed that the bottom of that can was bulging out. I pulled it out and the found that can of Coke was frozen solid. Then I noticed a small bottle of apple juice, also lying on its side next to the Coke can was frozen solid too. My fridge thermometer lying inside one of the mid height drawers read 40 degrees eff, and the temperature of the other things in the fridge compartment felt "OK". I've never seen anything freeze solid in a fridge compartment before, I'm assuming it's because they were lying right under where the fan blown air from the freezer compartment enters the fridge compartment. Anyone agree? Thanks guys, Jeff -- Jeffry Wisnia (W1BSV + Brass Rat '57 EE) The speed of light is 1.8*10e12 furlongs per fortnight. |
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Little fridge/freezer mystery
On Fri, 12 Aug 2011 14:17:34 -0500, Wilfred Xavier Pickles
wrote: On Fri, 12 Aug 2011 08:26:42 -0400, Jim Elbrecht wrote: Automatic defrost cycle in the freezer. Yep. They are on a 24 hour cycle in most cases. Some refrigerators have a way to adjust that so it happens when you are unlikely to want [soft] ice cream. Otherwise, you can 'move' it by unplugging the fridge for an hour at a time until the cycle is where you want it. [I suppose that isn't true of all fridges-- but 1984 seems like about the vintage of one that I've done that with.] Thanks go to LouB and Jim. And others. I didn't think the defrost would let it get that soft. Wasn't a tiny dab, was about 1/2 of 56 oz carton, and it was very soft, close to runny. But, in the absence of other plausable explanations ... Just to be sure-- see if it is soft at the same time every day. That should rule out other possibilities. It *could* be a relay going bad someplace, or an intermittent open somewhere in the circuitry. Jim |
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Little fridge/freezer mystery
Might also be a bad termination stat.
-- Christopher A. Young Learn more about Jesus www.lds.org .. "Wilfred Xavier Pickles" wrote in message ... On Fri, 12 Aug 2011 08:26:42 -0400, Jim Elbrecht wrote: Automatic defrost cycle in the freezer. Yep. They are on a 24 hour cycle in most cases. Some refrigerators have a way to adjust that so it happens when you are unlikely to want [soft] ice cream. Otherwise, you can 'move' it by unplugging the fridge for an hour at a time until the cycle is where you want it. [I suppose that isn't true of all fridges-- but 1984 seems like about the vintage of one that I've done that with.] Thanks go to LouB and Jim. And others. I didn't think the defrost would let it get that soft. Wasn't a tiny dab, was about 1/2 of 56 oz carton, and it was very soft, close to runny. But, in the absence of other plausable explanations ... Will |
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