On 27 Dec 2011 16:46:38 GMT, KenK > wrote:

>Lou Decruss > wrote in
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>> On 26 Dec 2011 16:40:38 GMT, 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 really have defective freezer function so it gets properly
>>>repaired? I'm afraid the next temperature change, or the one after,
>>>will be to above freezing. These Sears repair guys work on all the
>>>appliances and perhaps understand none of them really well.
>>>
>>>Or am I wrong and this is within normal freezer operation parameters?
>>>BTW. the non-freezer portion of the refrigerator has, according to an
>>>old analog thermometer, remained normal.
>>
>> Sounds like the defrost feature to me.
>>
>> Lou
>>
>
>Then why didn't it do this the first three or four months?

Have you checked to make sure the vent(s) that connect the fridge and
freezer didn't get blocked?

Lou