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[Sir Tigger KC]

At that age, replace it.  The seals will be tired, refrigerant not as pressured, and it just having to work harder.


But if its frost free, a defrost can help, esp if you ram it full regularly.  I was always having to defrost the last frost free one, as ice was forming near the fan, jamming it, because Mrs TB is the queen of overfilling fridges, freezers and cupboards.

Yep....it is full of ice and full of frozen food.

Well that's your (or more likely Mrs Opti's) first task then. Defrost it and then see what's what. 

A while back my supposedly frost free £40 F/F wasn't freezing properly, and when I took off the covers at the back of the freezer compartment, I found an ice berg capable of sinking the Titanic! Defrosted it and all is well! 

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

At that age, replace it.  The seals will be tired, refrigerant not as pressured, and it just having to work harder.


But if its frost free, a defrost can help, esp if you ram it full regularly.  I was always having to defrost the last frost free one, as ice was forming near the fan, jamming it, because Mrs TB is the queen of overfilling fridges, freezers and cupboards.

Yep....it is full of ice and full of frozen food.

Well that's your (or more likely Mrs Opti's) first task then. Defrost it and then see what's what. 

A while back my supposedly frost free £40 F/F wasn't freezing properly, and when I took off the covers at the back of the freezer compartment, I found an ice berg capable of sinking the Titanic! Defrosted it and all is well! 

Thanks, Tig.

Even though I can afford a new one I get a certain satisfaction from keeping old appliances going. Be it fridge....washing machine....oven etc..etc.

[STEMO]

At that age, replace it.  The seals will be tired, refrigerant not as pressured, and it just having to work harder.


But if its frost free, a defrost can help, esp if you ram it full regularly.  I was always having to defrost the last frost free one, as ice was forming near the fan, jamming it, because Mrs TB is the queen of overfilling fridges, freezers and cupboards.

Yep....it is full of ice and full of frozen food.

Well that's your (or more likely Mrs Opti's) first task then. Defrost it and then see what's what. 

A while back my supposedly frost free £40 F/F wasn't freezing properly, and when I took off the covers at the back of the freezer compartment, I found an ice berg capable of sinking the Titanic! Defrosted it and all is well! 

Thanks, Tig.

Even though I can afford a new one I get a certain satisfaction from keeping old appliances going. Be it fridge....washing machine....oven etc..etc.

.......sigmund.....

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

At that age, replace it.  The seals will be tired, refrigerant not as pressured, and it just having to work harder.


But if its frost free, a defrost can help, esp if you ram it full regularly.  I was always having to defrost the last frost free one, as ice was forming near the fan, jamming it, because Mrs TB is the queen of overfilling fridges, freezers and cupboards.

Yep....it is full of ice and full of frozen food.

Well that's your (or more likely Mrs Opti's) first task then. Defrost it and then see what's what. 

A while back my supposedly frost free £40 F/F wasn't freezing properly, and when I took off the covers at the back of the freezer compartment, I found an ice berg capable of sinking the Titanic! Defrosted it and all is well! 

Thanks, Tig.

Even though I can afford a new one I get a certain satisfaction from keeping old appliances going. Be it fridge....washing machine....oven etc..etc.

.......sigmund.....

I'm saving the planet.

Nothing to do with me being a tight git.

[TheBoy]

Frost Free relies on there being much more space for airflow inside the F/F.  If you block the airflow, the system works overtime trying to cool it, which just causes ice formation (due to lack of airflow), which makes it worse and worse.