On Dec 27, 9:54*am, KenK > wrote:
> Lou Decruss > wrote :
>

>
> > On 27 Dec 2011 16:46:38 GMT, KenK > wrote:
>
> >>Lou Decruss > wrote in
> m:
>
> >>> On 26 Dec 2011 16:40:38 GMT, KenK > wrote:
>
> >>>>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
>
> Between the freezer and refrigerator? Didn't know there were any. I
> thought they were separate boxes.

This may be the crux. Our GE refrigerator went out -- there was a
silent warranty for something to do with the defrost cycle -- and the
repair man mentioned the link to me while he installed a beefed-up
whateveritwas, free of charge. He warned me that that's also how your
frozen food can get a funky taste -- from the stuff in your fridge.


> At any rate, I'll mention this to the
> Sears repair guy/gal who is supposed to come tomorrow.
>