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Posted on Jan 28, 2009

Freezer to cold refrigerator not cold enough

I noticed that freezer is getting frost buildup on the back, when you turn the temperature to a lower setting then no cold air blows into the frig,freezer side to cold frig side not cold, what could be the problem, where are condenser coils on the frig, can't find them to vaccum

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Sounds like your defrost timer is not working properly . Most fridge/freezers the fridge gets cooled from the cool air from the freezer . But when the defrost timer is not working properly the section between the fridge and freezer freezes up and hence doesnt allow the flow of cool air into the fridge. The defrost timer can be easily replaced. 

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