Freezer not freezing at bottom.

davethetaller

Briefly, I have an under counter freezer, age unknown, which has been getting less efficient over the last month.

I defrosted it a month ago, but the ice has formed heavily on the top front, of the top shelf only, and the ice cube tray at the bottom, is unfrozen.

Just need someone to tell me, that unplugging it, and turning it upside down for a couple of hours, will not shock it back into life.

I suppose that a freezer engineer would know best with that one!

Thanks

gjchester

Possibly its overloaded and the air is not able to flow around.


Its often made worse by putting a lot of food in that's just been bought as the freezer has to chill a lot in a short time, it may be the food is slightly defrosted so more water vapour, or it may be that the doors have been open a while and a lot of fresh moist air has got into the unit.


Also if its a frost free unit check that the water drain (usually at the back) has not got clogged, and any water is simple pooling then refreezing and so preventing the airflow. Ours does that and then air cannot get past the freezer coils to circulate.

[Deleted User]

My last freezer started developing ice on the outside of the cabinet, the gap between the bottom and the floor filled completely with ice. It was just the insulation in the cabinet that was knackered, a chuck it out job.

JJ_Egan

Back of the freezer to cold is one common reason according to the last Thorn engineer who fixed my freezer.

JohnG

Check that the door closes fully/properly and that there are no gaps around the seal. Also, unlikely, but is there a light inside freezer? If so, check that the switch to shut it off when door closes, works properly - I had a customer who's (NEW fridge rather than freezer) had a defective switch which mean't the light was on constantly giving off heat which obviously affected the performance somewhat.

societys_child

Just need someone to tell me, that unplugging it, and turning it upside down for a couple of hours, will not shock it back into life.

OK .. . it will not shock it back into life.;)


* If you do ever turn it upside down (or on it's side/ or back) don't turn it on again until it has stood the correct way up for at least 24 hours and the gas has had time to settle.

Farway

societys_child wrote: »

OK .. . it will not shock it back into life.;)


* If you do ever turn it upside down (or on it's side/ or back) don't turn it on again until it has stood the correct way up for at least 24 hours and the gas has had time to settle.

Agreed you will have to leave it the correct way up for 24 hours before starting again