This might seem a really non-relevant post - but i was not really sure which 
newsgroup to post to for some advice.
I have a 14 month old fridge-freezer which was working perfectly well until 
2 days ago. The fridge no longer is cold. Everything else is working - I 
have tried turning up the settings to the fridge in case the ambient temp 
was too high, but this has not helped.
I was planning to go out and buy another, but wondered if anyone knew what 
it might be and whether it would be something small and worth calling an 
engineer out for.

Sorry if this is inappropriate for this newsgroup,
Thanks in Advance,
Jo

Following up to Joanna Livermore 

>I have a 14 month old fridge-freezer which was working perfectly well until 
>2 days ago. The fridge no longer is cold. Everything else is working - I 
>have tried turning up the settings to the fridge in case the ambient temp 
>was too high, but this has not helped.

thermostat failure? Fridges should last for 30 years so its got
to be worth a repair attempt. 
-- 
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Joanna Livermore wrote:

> This might seem a really non-relevant post - but i was not really sure
> which newsgroup to post to for some advice.
> I have a 14 month old fridge-freezer which was working perfectly well
> until 2 days ago. The fridge no longer is cold. Everything else is
> working - I have tried turning up the settings to the fridge in case
> the ambient temp was too high, but this has not helped.
> I was planning to go out and buy another, but wondered if anyone knew
> what it might be and whether it would be something small and worth
> calling an engineer out for.

What is the temperature of the surrounding room? Most fridges are only 
rated to work when the ambient temperature is at least 16 degrees (N 
rated fridges) which is actually quite a warm room. If the room containing 
the fridge doesn't get heated much during the day you may need a fridge 
rated to work at a lower temperature (SN works down to 10 degrees).

In message <dpjcur$uj3$1@news6.svr.pol.co.uk>, Joanna Livermore 
 writes
>This might seem a really non-relevant post - but i was not really sure which
>newsgroup to post to for some advice.
>I have a 14 month old fridge-freezer which was working perfectly well until
>2 days ago. The fridge no longer is cold. Everything else is working - I
>have tried turning up the settings to the fridge in case the ambient temp
>was too high, but this has not helped.
>I was planning to go out and buy another, but wondered if anyone knew what
>it might be and whether it would be something small and worth calling an
>engineer out for.
>
Hi Jo.  Sorry for delay. Just got in from work.  Have you tried the 
fuse?  If it has gone, then you should ask yourself why.  It may be 
innocuous or it may not.  Have you checked the plug is still in the 
wall?  May sound daft but worth a try.  Have you made sure nothing is 
stopping the fridge door from closing tightly?  Hope you can sort it 
out.
-- 
June Hughes

On Thu, 5 Jan 2006 15:11:14 -0000, "Joanna Livermore"
 wrote:

| This might seem a really non-relevant post - but i was not really sure which 
| newsgroup to post to for some advice.
| I have a 14 month old fridge-freezer which was working perfectly well until 
| 2 days ago. The fridge no longer is cold. Everything else is working - I 
| have tried turning up the settings to the fridge in case the ambient temp 
| was too high, but this has not helped.
| I was planning to go out and buy another, but wondered if anyone knew what 
| it might be and whether it would be something small and worth calling an 
| engineer out for.

There are two possibilities.
1. The thermostat is U/S which is cheap to replace.

2. The compressor is U/S which is expensive, get a new fridge freezer


-- 
Dave Fawthrop <dave hyphenologist co uk>
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In message <j2mTXNW+xWvDFwI2@theacct.demon.co.uk>, June Hughes 
 writes
>In message <dpjcur$uj3$1@news6.svr.pol.co.uk>, Joanna Livermore 
> writes
>>This might seem a really non-relevant post - but i was not really sure which
>>newsgroup to post to for some advice.
>>I have a 14 month old fridge-freezer which was working perfectly well until
>>2 days ago. The fridge no longer is cold. Everything else is working - I
>>have tried turning up the settings to the fridge in case the ambient temp
>>was too high, but this has not helped.
>>I was planning to go out and buy another, but wondered if anyone knew what
>>it might be and whether it would be something small and worth calling an
>>engineer out for.
>>
>Hi Jo.  Sorry for delay. Just got in from work.  Have you tried the 
>fuse?  If it has gone, then you should ask yourself why.  It may be 
>innocuous or it may not.  Have you checked the plug is still in the 
>wall?  May sound daft but worth a try.  Have you made sure nothing is 
>stopping the fridge door from closing tightly?  Hope you can sort it out.
Oops.  Freezer still working, so not the plug.  Door may be a 
possibility, as fridge will warm up if door not closed properly or seal 
un-seated.
-- 
June Hughes

Following up to June Hughes 

>Oops.  Freezer still working, so not the plug. 

I was wondering if I should mention it :-) I assume the little
light is still on? 
-- 
Mike Reid
Walk-eat-photos UK "http://www.fellwalk.co.uk" <-- you can email us@ this site
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"Duncan Booth" <duncan.booth@invalid.invalid> wrote in message
news:Xns9742AC9F45FEDduncanbooth@127.0.0.1...
> Joanna Livermore wrote:
>
> > This might seem a really non-relevant post - but i was not really sure
> > which newsgroup to post to for some advice.
> > I have a 14 month old fridge-freezer which was working perfectly well
> > until 2 days ago. The fridge no longer is cold. Everything else is
> > working - I have tried turning up the settings to the fridge in case
> > the ambient temp was too high, but this has not helped.
> > I was planning to go out and buy another, but wondered if anyone knew
> > what it might be and whether it would be something small and worth
> > calling an engineer out for.
>
> What is the temperature of the surrounding room? Most fridges are only
> rated to work when the ambient temperature is at least 16 degrees (N
> rated fridges) which is actually quite a warm room. If the room
containing
> the fridge doesn't get heated much during the day you may need a fridge
> rated to work at a lower temperature (SN works down to 10 degrees).

We have a F-Freezer in the shed, which is open and gets pretty cold out
there...
It's been out there for years(Over 10) and works brilliantly.
Summer, Winter and keeps stuff REALLY Cold, whatever the season.

Better than the crap we got when we got our kitchen done.
Bloody thing doesn't seem to go down cold enough.
Put a fridge Thermometer in there and it's constantly above the blue line.
I know it's probably because it's always being opened and closed,
but that's what a fridge is for.

-- 
J.P. in London.

In article ,
   JP in Lon  wrote:
> "Duncan Booth" <duncan.booth@invalid.invalid> wrote in message
> news:Xns9742AC9F45FEDduncanbooth@127.0.0.1...
> > Joanna Livermore wrote:
> >
> > > This might seem a really non-relevant post - but i was not really sure
> > > which newsgroup to post to for some advice.
> > > I have a 14 month old fridge-freezer which was working perfectly well
> > > until 2 days ago. The fridge no longer is cold. Everything else is
> > > working - I have tried turning up the settings to the fridge in case
> > > the ambient temp was too high, but this has not helped.
> > > I was planning to go out and buy another, but wondered if anyone knew
> > > what it might be and whether it would be something small and worth
> > > calling an engineer out for.
> >
> > What is the temperature of the surrounding room? Most fridges are only
> > rated to work when the ambient temperature is at least 16 degrees (N
> > rated fridges) which is actually quite a warm room. If the room
> containing
> > the fridge doesn't get heated much during the day you may need a fridge
> > rated to work at a lower temperature (SN works down to 10 degrees).

> We have a F-Freezer in the shed, which is open and gets pretty cold out
> there...
> It's been out there for years(Over 10) and works brilliantly.
> Summer, Winter and keeps stuff REALLY Cold, whatever the season.

> Better than the crap we got when we got our kitchen done.
> Bloody thing doesn't seem to go down cold enough.
> Put a fridge Thermometer in there and it's constantly above the blue line.
> I know it's probably because it's always being opened and closed,
> but that's what a fridge is for.

On the other hand, a friend of mine has an American ice-cube making machine
which he keeps in his garage.  In the cold spell in November it refused to
work - perhasp on the assumption that you don't need ice in your drink in
this weather - Sir.

-- 
From KT24 - in "leafy" Surrey

Using a RISC OS5 computer

It might need re-gassing.


"Dave Fawthrop" <invalid@hyphenologist.co.uk.invalid> wrote in message 
news:fqvqr1h4tc335vqh333rhs1e2n09n8ekj0@4ax.com...
On Thu, 5 Jan 2006 15:11:14 -0000, "Joanna Livermore"
 wrote:

| This might seem a really non-relevant post - but i was not really sure 
which
| newsgroup to post to for some advice.
| I have a 14 month old fridge-freezer which was working perfectly well 
until
| 2 days ago. The fridge no longer is cold. Everything else is working - I
| have tried turning up the settings to the fridge in case the ambient temp
| was too high, but this has not helped.
| I was planning to go out and buy another, but wondered if anyone knew what
| it might be and whether it would be something small and worth calling an
| engineer out for.

There are two possibilities.
1. The thermostat is U/S which is cheap to replace.

2. The compressor is U/S which is expensive, get a new fridge freezer


-- 
Dave Fawthrop <dave hyphenologist co uk>
17,000 free e-books at Project Gutenberg! http://www.gutenberg.net
For Yorkshire Dialect go to www.hyphenologist.co.uk/songs/