Refrigerator Troubleshooting: Why Is My Refrigerator Freezing My Food?

Refrigerator Troubleshooting: Why Is My Refrigerator Freezing My Food? | PartSelect.com

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If your refrigerator is freezing food, then it's not doing its job - there's a freezer for that! 🥶
In this video, Steve will walk you through the basics of how the refrigeration system works, and will show you some of the components that could be failing and causing your refrigerator to freeze food! 👩‍🔧👨‍🔧
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👀 Here are the most common parts that could be malfunctioning to cause a fridge that is too cold:
1️⃣ Thermostat Control (0:59)
This turns the compressor on and off and monitors the temperature of the air. These are non-serviceable items so if it's damaged it will need to be replaced. Here's how to do that: • Refrigerator Repair - ...
2️⃣ Damper Control (1:48)
This typically found in the top section of a side-by-side refrigerator, or in the mid-section of a top-mount refrigerator. If you need to replace the damper, this might help: • Refrigerator Repair - ...
3️⃣ Electronic Control (4:36)
Depending on the model of your refrigerator, you can find the electronic control either in the control housing at the front, or in the rear of the refrigerator. Here's how to replace yours if it's defective: • Refrigerator Repair - ...
Thanks for watching! Have you ever had a refrigerator that was too cold? Have you ever had to replace any of these parts? Tell us your story in the comments below! 👇
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@Abdellahhassaine-of6dx Жыл бұрын

what solved the thing for me is to take out the damper, it was completely covered by ice, even the deepest electronic parts inside were frozen. I removed the ice manually by a needle and then removed all the remained moisture by a towel. The formed ice blocked the damper's mechanical part from closing the cooling circuit, so it stayed open.

@Rose-fj4jw 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for a clear explanation.

@duotronic6451 4 ай бұрын

My fridge damper had a spring that closes the damper when the motor retracts. The spring broke. Neighbor had a spring that just happened to fit. ❤❤❤

@j.santos7674 4 жыл бұрын

Awesome instructor. Thanks

@hrbacon 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks, very informative

@davidkilgore3152 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the troubleshooting

@shannonthurman5208 2 жыл бұрын

Great information 🙂

@deansteiner3974 2 жыл бұрын

Ty for explaining

@seseorang1533 2 жыл бұрын

so touching for an excellent video

@nadinesoussi7352 3 жыл бұрын

You are ace thank you so much

@ejb2184 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks

@Earthling_80 2 жыл бұрын

Nice 😊

@RasheedKhan-he6xx Жыл бұрын

Excellent video, clear and to the point. Thank you.

@partselect Жыл бұрын

You're welcome!

@davidtyler2012 9 ай бұрын

mine has an intermittent problem. It will work ok for weeks and then it will start freezing food. after a while, it will start working properly again only to act up again in a few weeks

@rebeccakelly7875 Жыл бұрын

Replacing auger in ice maker

@dusoleil10 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! I'm 1,000. Like

@pilargallegos2090 2 жыл бұрын

What a homie thank u grandpa

@jackryder6732 9 ай бұрын

Need your help. I have new wirlpool French door. 30 inch wide 22cubic feet. Veg are freezing. Vents are clear. I have reduced the freezer temp below the recommended mid range and also brought down the fridge temp to one level below from the recommended level. Is this ok? Ice cub maker shut off.

@ErnieMaes 2 ай бұрын

My whirlpool refrigerator has the freezer on the bottom i can't reset it please help

@Abdelzeem_2012 5 жыл бұрын

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@wyattspop 2 жыл бұрын

Hey Steve, my side by side Frigidaire model FRS26R4A is running too cold on the fridge side (mid 20's) and not cold enough in the freezer (12-15 degrees). I can feel/hear the air flow, if it helps, the drinks on the top shelf are freezing but the food on lower shelves are not affected. I did a rudimentary cleaning of coils in the back, no seals are cracked on the doors.. This is a "garage" second fridge so no water lines are hooked up, no ice. Can you suggest where I might start? Temp control, air damper etc. Thanks much

@paulb9769 7 ай бұрын

There are no air holes in mine.

@chunchu5228 2 жыл бұрын

I don’t p

@cipriani9607 3 жыл бұрын

👏👏👏👏👏

@heyitsrick01 3 жыл бұрын

NOT cool ( Pun intended) Absolutely no mention of the little dampers being BLOCKED in the refrigerator section so the cold air STAYS instead of circulating and that way ONLY cold air is continually coming in..... THAT'S a SIMPLE fix without becoming a technician and spending a couple hundred dollars on parts that may not even be the problem...

@johnsmith4120-p5k 2 жыл бұрын

3:07 he says that could be the case

@ItsCoreyLynxxYall 4 жыл бұрын

This dude basically listed all the parts that may have gone defective but doesn't explain how we're supposed to figure out which part. So buy all the parts which probably costs more than the fridge itself and go from there. Nah. I'll just buy a new fridge altogether.

@jayanderson6016 3 жыл бұрын

Good luck getting the one you want with the COVID supply chain problems.

@occultninja4 3 жыл бұрын

He demonstrated how to use a multimeter to determine if some parts are defective and which parts, but if you don't own or know how to use a multimeter then yeah that does you no good. It's in the latter half of the video if you didn't watch that far. Basically you have to test each part with the miltimeter to make sure it has the correct ohm reading (electrical resistance) at room temp, and then you can use process of elimination as you test each part until you either find the part that is faulty or narrow down what the only remaining culprits could be.