I just discovered a puddle of water in front of my freezer. I opened it, and all of my food has defrosted. The ice in the ice box has melted and everything has condensation on it and I'm afraid my food will spoil if this keeps happening. Here are some details:
the freezer has been making short but frequent buzzing noises.
my fridge is an Amana® Side-By-Side Refrigerator
ASD2620HRW
My parents just increased the coldness of the freezer from 4 to 8 to see if it will work. Is my freezer not working at all or is the temperature messed up?
2007-09-07 16:43:29 · 7 answers · asked by Sue 2 in Home & Garden ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
turn it to off, wait 1 Minuit turn it back on set it to 4 , if the compressor is OK it will restart, if not then it,s bad,
2007-09-07 16:51:13 · answer #1 · answered by William B 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Since you said you're afraid your food may spoil if this goes on, I can only assume that your freezer still gets cold, but water leaks out and collects in your ice-maker.
3 years ago, we owned a 15-year old 21-inch Amana top-freezer refrigerator, but it did have a design problem such that during the defrost cycle, the pipe through which the melted water (from the defrost cycle) froze in the pipe and causes water to back up and flood into top of the refrigerator lining, then into the refrigerator around the pipe. The Amana repairman diagnosed the problem and improvised a fixed for us. Although the fix wasn't fool-proof 100% of the time, it let us keep the refrigerator for 7-8 more years.
If your freezer is still cold enough, you may ask your Amana serviceman to check for this.
2007-09-11 07:00:16 · answer #2 · answered by Aedan 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My sister had the same problem, and come to find out, her temperature setting was too low. When her freezer would defrost every couple of hours, because her temperature was too low, all of her food kept defrosting completely.
The buzzing you are hearing might be your defroster working and perhaps your temperature was set too low. Give that new temperature setting a try and see if it fixes the problem.
If it doesn't fix the problem, I'd give a repairman a call asap. That's the best I can come up with, but good luck nevertheless!
2007-09-07 16:52:57 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
I'd be looking to see if the fan is moving air over the coils and dust build up on the coils. People who smoke stand a greater chance of the accumulation of lint & dust building up on the fan blades and coils slowing and in some cases even stopping the fan and not allowing heat to escape from the coils.
2007-09-07 17:00:38 · answer #4 · answered by ☮ Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ ☮ 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hmmm, that sounds like a major malfunction. Call the repair man or see if there is still warranty on it. I'd be scared the stupid thing would short out and catch fire.
2007-09-07 16:51:29 · answer #5 · answered by Mortisha 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mel may be correct although I havent figured out what poob means, but fortunately you dont have to guess, because http://appliancequickfix.com/ will easily walk you through a process to find out what your problem is. Check the bulletin board while you are there.
2007-09-08 02:03:44 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
if the buzz you hear is or short duration, say 2 seconds, then it sounds like your compressor is locked up. what you hear is the overload disc.
ths is not worth repairing, time for a new one.
2007-09-07 20:36:50 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋