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Thanks for the assist, although I have an additional tip to add. We went
through and cleaned out of the coils underneath the fridge. About 4
hours later is was still very hot to the touch and we thought we were
going to have to move it out and do the back. Since by then it was
around 10:00 pm and we were tired, we decided to wait until morning.
So I could feel like I was doing SOMETHING in the meantime, I got a
fan and put it to blow under the fridge on the side of the freezer. Came
back down around an hour later and the previously hot areas were now
basically room temperature.
So, it appears as though the hotness had become self sustaining
(more or less) and the cooling from the fan broke that and allowed
coolness to reappear. Disconnected the fan this morning and about 5
hours on, everything remains as it should.
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³Statistics are like bikinis. What they reveal is suggestive,
but what they conceal is vital.²
‹ Aaron Levenstein

Kurt:

No, hotness is not a self sustaining thing. Otherwise people would figure out a way to make a self sustaining heating machine so that we wouldn't have to burn fossil fuels to keep warm in the winter.

Is it possible that you simply put a bunch of stuff in your fridge prior to you noticing that your mullion was excessively warm?

Refrigerator update
 

On 9/8/2014 11:01 AM, Kurt Ullman wrote:

So, it appears as though the hotness had become self sustaining
(more or less) and the cooling from the fan broke that and allowed
coolness to reappear. Disconnected the fan this morning and about 5
hours on, everything remains as it should.


You have to love a happy ending.

The fan was a good idea. Chances are it would have cleared over time,
but extra air is good.

Refrigerator update
 

"Kurt Ullman" wrote in message ...
Thanks for the assist, although I have an additional tip to add. We went
through and cleaned out of the coils underneath the fridge. About 4
hours later is was still very hot to the touch and we thought we were
going to have to move it out and do the back. Since by then it was
around 10:00 pm and we were tired, we decided to wait until morning.
So I could feel like I was doing SOMETHING in the meantime, I got a
fan and put it to blow under the fridge on the side of the freezer. Came
back down around an hour later and the previously hot areas were now
basically room temperature.
So, it appears as though the hotness had become self sustaining
(more or less) and the cooling from the fan broke that and allowed
coolness to reappear. Disconnected the fan this morning and about 5
hours on, everything remains as it should.
--
³Statistics are like bikinis. What they reveal is suggestive,
but what they conceal is vital.²
‹ Aaron Levenstein

Congrats, Kurt! The weather turned warm here and mine started doing the same thing. Sure enough, coils underneath were covered with dust. Too close together for vacuuming, so I ended up wrapping a yard stick with a rag with furniture polish and got most of it off.

Refrigerator update
 

On 9/8/2014 10:47 PM, Guv Bob wrote:
"Kurt Ullman" wrote in message ...
Thanks for the assist, although I have an additional tip to add. We went
through and cleaned out of the coils underneath the fridge. About 4
hours later is was still very hot to the touch and we thought we were
going to have to move it out and do the back. Since by then it was
around 10:00 pm and we were tired, we decided to wait until morning.
So I could feel like I was doing SOMETHING in the meantime, I got a
fan and put it to blow under the fridge on the side of the freezer. Came
back down around an hour later and the previously hot areas were now
basically room temperature.
So, it appears as though the hotness had become self sustaining
(more or less) and the cooling from the fan broke that and allowed
coolness to reappear. Disconnected the fan this morning and about 5
hours on, everything remains as it should.
--
³Statistics are like bikinis. What they reveal is suggestive,
but what they conceal is vital.²
‹ Aaron Levenstein

Congrats, Kurt! The weather turned warm here and mine started doing the same thing. Sure enough, coils underneath were covered with dust. Too close together for vacuuming, so I ended up wrapping a yard stick with a rag with furniture polish and got most of it off.

I have a Whirlpool which was made, not to be able to clean the coils.
They are underneath below the fridge side and are only accessible from
the sides! Well, you can't get in from the sides as typically you only
have front access and the outside shell goes down to the floor. A
combination of a fridge coil brush, vacuum and high pressure air from a
compressor kind of cleans it. Nice job WP for making a unit that is
guaranteed to break down due to dirt. And the average Joe cannot fix
it. I really need to cut a hole in the floor and clean it from the
basement :) Yeah, right!

Refrigerator update
 

On Tuesday, September 9, 2014 8:18:50 AM UTC-4, Art Todesco wrote:
On 9/8/2014 10:47 PM, Guv Bob wrote:

"Kurt Ullman" wrote in message ...

Thanks for the assist, although I have an additional tip to add. We went

through and cleaned out of the coils underneath the fridge. About 4

hours later is was still very hot to the touch and we thought we were

going to have to move it out and do the back. Since by then it was

around 10:00 pm and we were tired, we decided to wait until morning.

So I could feel like I was doing SOMETHING in the meantime, I got a

fan and put it to blow under the fridge on the side of the freezer. Came

back down around an hour later and the previously hot areas were now

basically room temperature.

So, it appears as though the hotness had become self sustaining

(more or less) and the cooling from the fan broke that and allowed

coolness to reappear. Disconnected the fan this morning and about 5

hours on, everything remains as it should.

--

�Statistics are like bikinis. What they reveal is suggestive,

but what they conceal is vital.�

� Aaron Levenstein



Congrats, Kurt! The weather turned warm here and mine started doing the same thing. Sure enough, coils underneath were covered with dust. Too close together for vacuuming, so I ended up wrapping a yard stick with a rag with furniture polish and got most of it off.



I have a Whirlpool which was made, not to be able to clean the coils.

They are underneath below the fridge side and are only accessible from

the sides! Well, you can't get in from the sides as typically you only

have front access and the outside shell goes down to the floor. A

combination of a fridge coil brush, vacuum and high pressure air from a

compressor kind of cleans it. Nice job WP for making a unit that is

guaranteed to break down due to dirt. And the average Joe cannot fix

it. I really need to cut a hole in the floor and clean it from the

basement :) Yeah, right!

I think my Kitchenaid is made the same way.... I don't see any access, it's
all closed up. And you would think if they are going to have that kind of
design, they would put a filter on the air intake, but they don't. I wonder
about the long term reliability and what will happen.

I would think that if there's no way to clean the condenser coils from the front, then there's a condenser fan blowing air over the condenser coils which exhausts out the front, and the only time you have to pull the fridge out is to replace that condenser fan if and when it quits... at which time you'd also be able to clean any dust off the condenser coils.

Maybe look on your fridge's schematic to see if you have a condenser fan.

(Otherwise it's just a plain stupid design.)

Refrigerator update
 

On Tuesday, September 9, 2014 9:45:20 AM UTC-4, nestork wrote:
trader_4;3281632 Wrote:



I think my Kitchenaid is made the same way.... I don't see any access,

it's

all closed up. And you would think if they are going to have that kind

of

design, they would put a filter on the air intake, but they don't.



I would think that if there's no way to clean the condenser coils from

the front, then there's a condenser fan blowing air over the condenser

coils which exhausts out the front, and the only time you have to pull

the fridge out is to replace that condenser fan if and when it quits...

at which time you'd also be able to clean any dust off the condenser

coils.



Maybe look on your fridge's schematic to see if you have a condenser

fan.



(Otherwise it's just a plain stupid design.)









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nestork

It has a fan and no visible coils anywhere. It pulls air in through the
front at the bottom on one side and sends it back out at the front on the
other side.

Refrigerator update
 

On 9/9/2014 10:38 AM, trader_4 wrote:
It has a fan and no visible coils anywhere. It pulls air in through the
front at the bottom on one side and sends it back out at the front on the
other side.


Some units, you have to open the lower door and
snap off the "kick plate" to get at the coils.

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Refrigerator update
 

trader_4 wrote:
On Tuesday, September 9, 2014 9:45:20 AM UTC-4, nestork wrote:
trader_4;3281632 Wrote:



I think my Kitchenaid is made the same way.... I don't see any
access,

it's

all closed up. And you would think if they are going to have that
kind

of

design, they would put a filter on the air intake, but they don't.



I would think that if there's no way to clean the condenser coils
from

the front, then there's a condenser fan blowing air over the
condenser

coils which exhausts out the front, and the only time you have to
pull

the fridge out is to replace that condenser fan if and when it
quits...

at which time you'd also be able to clean any dust off the condenser

coils.



Maybe look on your fridge's schematic to see if you have a condenser

fan.



(Otherwise it's just a plain stupid design.)









--

nestork

It has a fan and no visible coils anywhere. It pulls air in through
the front at the bottom on one side and sends it back out at the
front on the other side.

Does the outside shell sides/top get warm when the compressor is running
? Many late models have the condenser coils attached to the shell .
Eliminates the need for expensive fin/tube coils and fans to blow air over
'em .

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Snag