Fans are running but the air is only slightly cool
SOURCE: 1999 Kenmore side by side fridge not cooling
You're frosting up due to either: bad defrost timer/heater or low gas. I'm assuming that you completely defrosted the unit, that there are no open liquids inside and the door remained closed most of the time to remove the threat of excess moisture in the box.
Defrost timer issues:
The unit should 'rest' about 1-2 hours a day where you don't hear the compressor and the unit should try to melt the ice. It has a heater to do that. The timer or the heater or a connection could be bad.
More likely: you've got a low gas situation. The way to check is that the compressor should come on at some point. Check the larger tube. Is should get frosty and then clear off or stay wet. It might even dry off. If it remains frosty...you're low on gas. Depending on the type of gas you need...it may be R 12...they unit may be unrepairable by other than a licensed tech.
SOURCE: freezer and refrigerator stop cooling, back of
clean all the dust and form the gril on the back of your frig
SOURCE: I have an Amana SWD26v. last week it stopped
go inside the freezer side an see if you have ice on the back wall panel,(((inside of the frezeer side)))
if you do then you have a ice blockage on the coil that prevents the air from traveling tru it an cooling ur fridge side
that is the problem, now..... lets see why that is happening...!
empty the freezer side, remove the screws careful,
find the defrost timer,normally on the refrigerator side , there is a little hole by the control panel,you will see a small hole about the size of a pen find a small screw driver and , stick a small screw driver in the hole an turn it i think is counter clockwise till it stops at the line mark you will hear a click if you miss it do it again wait like 10 mins an see if the ice melts on the coil.
if the ice starts to melt, you have a ((bad an stuck defrost timer)),
if it doesn't melt then you have a problem with the heater an therminator aronund the coil.... you have to do a volt test the components.
NOTE if you have to replace the advance timer is easy, but when you do it , turn the timer to something like the 11 o clock mark, right before the line, that would allow the machine to go into defrost cycle right after you put it back together, and melt the ice, since model are different, u want to be safe anyway, let it cycle that will clear any ice on the coil an should work ok after that!.. the big mistake some ppl do is to let ir run while they go to the part store, they come back an install the timer, but by the time they are done, they have more ice on the coil plus the ice that builts from the cycles that they have more ice than what the cycle can clear an then they have othr problems like water dripping inside the pan an eventually more ice up coil!!
post some feed back thanks
SOURCE: I have an ARB2257CSL Amana
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Hi,
Many times a freezer and/or refrigerator
do not work right because of a dirty condenser coil...there are also many other
things that can go wrong.
If you are hearing a clicking or buzzing then check out the
last two tips.
If your refrigerator is running but warm, then…
Check out this tip that I wrote about that... it is a great place to start
trouble shooting your unit...and something that you can do rather then calling
a repair person to do a simple thing for you...
Refrigerator Condenser Coil Cleaning Refrigerator Repair
Refrigerator Troubleshooting Refrigerator Compressor
Refrigerator Compressor Start Capacitor and Start Relay
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