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My refrigerator is on a floor that is slightly unlevel. The left side is about 1 cm higher than the right side. It broke down a few months ago, and the repair guy said that was the reason.

He said this caused the water inside to freeze instead of allowing it to drain out, which caused the heater inside to go into overdrive and eventually burn out, causing the refrigerator to completely break down. He told me that I should level it (but if it broke again, the company would not cover the costs.) So I levelled the fridge, and lo-and-behold, a few months later, it's broken again.

Do I just have a faulty fridge? The brand is SUMMIT. Was the repairguy BSing me trying to avoid having the company replace the fridge entirely or was he telling me the truth? What's wrong with my fridge? It's not even 1-year old.

(Only serious responses please.)

2006-08-13 06:35:32 · 3 answers · asked by wondering 1 in Home & Garden Maintenance & Repairs

3 answers

1cm should not make that much difference.But you might want to level it anyway(stick something under a corner. Sounds to me like BS from the repairman(I never met one yet who didn't have an answer even if it is wrong)

2006-08-13 06:44:14 · answer #1 · answered by paulofhouston 6 · 0 0

Any refridgeration device should be installed comparatively level, however, dead level is NOT necessary. A severely off balance conditon could cause the compressor to wear out prematurely, but that should still take years, instead of months. Sounds like BS from your repairman, to me too. You should probably get a second opinion.

You might also try to contact your local TV station to see if they have an investigative reporting segment that could look into the matter for you. A one year old fridge shouldn't be acting like that.

2006-08-13 07:18:46 · answer #2 · answered by Corky R 7 · 0 0

In the back of the freezer section=behind the cover wall is where the evap. coil/evap.fan/defost terminator/electrical defrost heater(s) are. Under the evap. coil is a drain to "catch" the defrost water and drain it off in a tube/pipe to a pan underneath the ref. A ref. should be tilted back slighly for the defost drain water to run down and out. Otherwise it may run down the walls inside the fresh food compartment and out onto the floor each defrost cycle>>perhaps every 8 hours or so. If water does not drain out of the freezer drain hole then it will freeze on the next cooling cycle. If left on it"s own ==the ice will continue to build up on each cooling cycle. The ice may form around the fan motor blades and block it from turning==which may cause the motor to burn out. The ice build-up can also cause the defrost heater(s) to short out /burn out. If air is blocked from entering the fresh food compartment then it starts to warm up. There is no reason to doubt your repairman. Something as simple as not tilting the ref. slightly backwards for water to drain can cause problems. Same for tilting a window a/c so the cond. water will not run inside your window but outside on the ground. So much for that part of it===your ref. is on the blink again==you were not specific=="broke again"==let"s run it down==is there a sheet of frost/ice buildup on the freezer back wall? Is the fresh food section warm? If so then the defost system is "out". Ice is building up on the evap. coil=blocking cold air from going into the fresh food compartment. The defost system consists of (1) defost timer(2)defrost terminator(3)defrost heater(s)and related wires. Anyone of these can cause a "problem".including a bad evap. fan. If you have ice build up on the freezer back wall== you can do this>>>manually defrost the freezer>>blow dryer>>hot water. Then plug it back in and run it. This will only last for 3/4 days==then you have to manually defrost again. This will give you a little "air time" to think about it. Good Luck

2006-08-13 08:27:28 · answer #3 · answered by Spock 5 · 0 0

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