Christopher Helms > wrote in
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> On Dec 26, 12:25*pm, Goomba > wrote:
>> On 12/26/11 11:40 AM, KenK wrote:
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>> > Last August I replaced my failing refrigerator with a new Kenmore.
>> > All the many years I had the old refrigerator the freezer temp was
>> > a bit below 0, until its last few weeks. The new Kenmore was also,
>> > the first three or four months. Then it suddenly changed to + 4 to
>> > + 7 or so with the analog freezer thermometer. I called warranty
>> > repair and the repair guy checked it out and said it was normal. I
>> > was doubtful. I bought an additional thermometer, a $10 digital
>> > freezer thermometer. Then, last Saturday, the temp suddenly went up
>> > to +17. It seemed to go up to 17 or so, then the cooling would come
>> > on and reduce it to around 0, then with the cooling function off it
>> > would go back to 17, slowly, over and over.
> I
>> > think it is a defective freezer thermostat, or don't they work that
>> > way anymore? I called for service again Saturday, which will come
>> > this Wednesday. How can I convince this service person this time
>> > that I real
> ly
>> > have defective freezer function so it gets properly repaired? I'm
>> > afrai
> d
>> > the next temperature change, or the one after, will be to above
>> > freezin
> g.
>> > These Sears repair guys work on all the appliances and perhaps
>> > understa
> nd
>> > none of them really well.
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>> > Or am I wrong and this is within normal freezer operation
>> > parameters? BTW. the non-freezer portion of the refrigerator has,
>> > according to an o
> ld
>> > analog thermometer, remained normal.
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>> Was it going through an automatic defrost cycle? My understanding is
>> that rising temps (still low though) are how self defrosting freezers
>> wor
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> Going up to 17 degrees before the unit kicks in sounds normal.
> Shouldn't something like this be at least mentioned in the owners
> manual?

Nope.



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