How To Repair Your Freezer If Running But Not Freezing

A freezer is one of the most useful household appliances especially because of the ever present need to preserve perishable food items as well as making our lives a bit easier during the hot summer months. The appliance helps you avoid all those unnecessary food shopping trips because you can just freeze your food and save both money and time. But like most other major home appliances the freezer at some point may also malfunction when you need it most. Fixing such an appliance on your own may not be an option for you. A freezer service technician is best suited to come and assist you solve such a problem. Freezer running but not freezing food may be one of the most common household appliance problems. Several factors may contribute to this kind of problem but you can always find a professional appliance service technician to fix it.

Let us look at some of the most common problems with freezers as well as the options to consider for repair as discussed below:

Dirty evaporator coils or condenser

If you can still hear that the compressor motor is running but the freezer is actually not cooling, then the problem may have to do with the evaporator or the condenser coils. Make sure to find a reliable refrigerator repairman who should inspect the condenser to figure out the problems.If the model of your freezer is one of those with the condenser coils being located somewhere behind the unit, then it would mean there has been too much exposure to dirt. If they get too dirty, the condenser coils will be incapable of dispersing heat as required and that is what affects the capacity of the freezer to cool.

The condenser coils should be cleaned at least within every 6 to 12 months. Other freezer models will have the condenser coils located within the freezer itself. That significantly helps reduce dirt exposure to the evaporator coils, so such models of freezers are much safer with less cleaning requirements.

Fault in the start relay

A problematic start relay is another common problem homeowners will have with freezers.This part of the freezer is responsible for providing power to the compressor. You can locate the compressor at the back of the unit, usually near the bottom.Failure in the start relay means that the compressor will also not run. With the compressor not working as it should, then obviously your freezer will also not be able to cool. If that happens, then you need to contact your residential freezer technician to come and repair it. For the repairman to be able to inspect the start relay , he will have to disconnect the freezer from the power outlet before removing the start relay from the compressor.The technician uses a multimeter for testing the start relay to check for continuity. If the test which is done between the start and run terminals confirms that there is no continuity, the part will require replacement. Sometimes the start relay is burnt and also requires replacement.

The process followed by the technician to identify this kind of problem and to fix it may not be compared to most DIY projects that people can comfortably do around their houses. The best thing to do is to make sure only a professional and a licensed refrigerator technician handles such kinds of situations and services the freezer regularly.

Evaporator fan motor is faulty

When the evaporator fan becomes defective, that will be another reason why the freezer will just keep running without freezing. The evaporator fan works by moving air over to the condenser coils and dissipating it throughout the unit. But when the evaporator fan motor fails to operate in that manner, the freezer will not cool. When that happens, it becomes necessary to get professional freezer repairs which can easily correct the problem of faulty evaporator fan motor. When checking the evaporator fan motor, the freezer repair technician usually opens the door of the unit and  manipulates the switch on the door. If that activation fails, then the evaporator fan motor will need to be replaced. It is important to note that the evaporator fan motor on most models of refrigerators usually doesn’t run with the door left open.

As a major household appliance, a freezer is worth fixing for the above discussed type of problems. All those are common problems with freezers that can be successfully fixed and have the freezer lasting long, as long as it continues to get proper care and maintenance.

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