What does it mean when my refrigerator isn't cold enough,but my freezer is too cold??

Question

Everything is going bad in my refrigerator,but everything in my freezer is getting freezer burn. What is wrong with it?? Thanks for your help!

Answer 1

Most refrigerators/freezers only cool the freezer and then a fan blows cold air into the refrigerator section as needed, make sure that you do not have the freezer so packed especially around the small vent in the bottom of the back of the freezer that it can't cool the refrigerator. also this fan can freeze up. Move the items from around the vent and unplug the unit take a hairdryer and heat up where the vent (or if you can tell where it is the fan heat that) plug it back in and see if it works.......good luck ( the fan might be shot so all of this may not work but it is worth trying)

Answer 2

you need to adjust the thermostat for your fresh food side and listen for the fan.if you hear the fan you probably have a air blockage somewhere,all of your fresh food cooling comes from the freezer side,there is a vent with a motor in it when your thermostat from the fresh food side calls for cooling the fan comes on and blows air from the freezer side into the fresh food side,when it is satisfied it turns the fan off,so if your freezer is working ,so should your fresh food side.that's just let you know its not a compressor or refrigerant problem.now what should do is clean the fresh food side and also make sure there is no ice blocking the vent,another thing you can do is set the freezer thermostat at a lower setting,the way this works is the freezer t-stat is actually a louver the higher you set the less air flow you get into the fresh food side making the freezer colder,the less you set it the more air flow you get to fresh food side,making the freezer less colder,and fresh food side cool off faster.i hope this helps

Answer 3

Thaw it out for a day or two, the frost is built up on the evaporator coils, and will not let the air flow properly. check the automatic defrost system, timer, heater elements, drain hose, defrost limit and reset klixons, and so forth. But try it again before you do all that, as sometimes the frequent opening of the door and a door gasket leak will let more frost build up than it can handle.

Answer 4

The temperature of a frig should be around 38 degrees and a freezer should be around 28 degrees

Answer 5

clean the bottom of the whole entire thing. Underneath it behind it and around it. You could need to defrost the thing too. It could be lots of dirt that has accumilated in the motor. If this doesnt work...time to either get it fixed or send it to the trashman!

Answer 6

Its' Defrost time.