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How To Keep A Half Working Fridge Cold By Using A Freezer?


JT!

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Ok, so our fridge has kinda had a big loss of power, it's constantly running and won't get an lower than 10C. However, the freezer apartment (which is a separate section, not one of those ice compartments) above it is working fine at -22C.

What's the most efficient way the keep the fridge cool, at the moment there's a big pan of water sat in the freezer which'll be put in the fridge in the morning, i don't think it's going to help much.

I know - as trials riders, that we've got a big bunch of intelligent logical thinkers, so any ideas?

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That's not a bad idea actually, but i guess that could f**k it up for later repairs, also i have nothing to cut / drill it with.

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When a door is open on a fridge or freezer, warm MOIST air enters... the moisture freezes/stays on the evaporator coils ( the place where ALL cooling takes place) .... When these coils are packed with ice, the air flow is only 3 deg.

Empty the freezer & fridge, turn the unit off, leave the door open for 24 hours, to let all the ice melt off the coils, then turn it back on & make SURE the doors are closed well.... You will know that this was the problem in about 3 hours, when the freezer is back at normal temp.....

Be sure to put some towels in front of the unit, and also inside the freezer when it is off, as you may have more water (melted ice) than the drain pan can handle.....

Shall try that!

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Yea, DONT cut anything out between a fridge and a freezer... You know the reason you can't just throw them away? It's because they are full of hazardous gubbins and you can't be sure what you'll be cutting through (Y)

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Just looking for a very short term solution to keep the milk from not turning to cheese etc. Then i'll get a mini fridge and do what was suggested.

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Just looking for a very short term solution to keep the milk from not turning to cheese etc. Then i'll get a mini fridge and do what was suggested.

The freezer is working, yes? Wrap the milk up in warm clothes and put it in the freezer ;)

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The freezer is working, yes? Wrap the milk up in warm clothes and put it in the freezer ;)

You try freezing milk in a fridge freezer thats turned off to defrost ;)

Try getting a cool box and packing it with ice, keep the milk and perishables in there and top up the ice with bagged stuff whilst the freezer defrosts.

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You try freezing milk in a fridge freezer thats turned off to defrost ;)

Try getting a cool box and packing it with ice, keep the milk and perishables in there and top up the ice with bagged stuff whilst the freezer defrosts.

I'm pretty sure he said he needs to keep the milk cold until he can get a mini fridge and then he'll do the defrost thing :S

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If you broke the air tight seal slightly by trapping something in it, maybe with a couple of popsicle sticks or something, this would allow air to escape the freezer and should mean that you can keep things cool in there without freezing them.

I could be wrong though, but I seem to remember leaving a freezer door ajar over night and it stayed a little bit cold.

It's not fantastically efficient though!!

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Cutting holes between the two compartements is a pretty shitty idea. All it means is that the feezer cycle will have twice the work to do so will be on twice as long and eventually the fridge compartment will become a freezer compartment too.

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