Door heater around freezer very hot all the time

Where does it frost up? Door gasket? Edge of door? Edge of freezer where the door meets freezer box? The answer ultimately is either lack of or diminished insulation or leaking air around the door gasket. All refrigerators and freezers have heaters around the door to prevent "sweating" or frosting. Check if the economizer switch is set to on, that turns off the door heaters.

That heat that you feel is part of the design of all refrigerators. Those heaters are there to keep water from condensing on the outside of the cabinet around the freezer door. Just like water condenses on a cup of Ice water. It will do the same on a refrigerator. If those small heaters were not there. The water would cause the paint to rust badly. There are various arrangements of heaters used on Freezers and refrigerators around the doors. Particularly the Freezer door.
As long as the fridge is cooling properly it is fine.
If the fridge fails to get cold, the outside of the cabinet will actually get quite hot.
Hope this helps,
Best, Mark

door has to seal tight. also, there are door frame heaters called, "Anti Sweat Heaters." It is to prevent condensation and ice build up around the doors. Have that checked out.

The fan you should replace is called the condenser fan. It's the one that blows air across the outside coils. When it fails, you'll usually notice abnormal heating of the front of the divider between freezer and fridge.

No. If you feel the sides getting hot, it usually means that the ref. isn't cold enough inside. There us either an electric heater or a pass of the hot gas from the compressor around the edges of the doors as well as the mullion between them. If they feel hot, it's too warm inside.... Check the ice cream: It's the 1st to go.

the # should be inside, the temp in side the freezer needs to be checked. does the thing ever shut off, if not it may need a cold control

The door frame heater is probably damaged and grounded. Unfortunately, it is still energized causing less than the entire heater being utilized which will cause an extremely hot condition. I would look at replacing it. It is a pain to do but with some patience, it can be done.

Good luck and hope this helps.

this isnt an electric heater in between the doors its a hot gas loop. there is a motor behind the refrig that cools the comp and condenser coils this fan is either not working or something has jammed it up. just pull the refig away from the wall remove the compartmnet cover and check that fan out good luck peyton

Fridge has either mullion heaters around door or most likely steel pipes just inside the skin of the perimeter of the door, this is to stop ice or condensation forming around the door seals, mainly the freezer, they are part of the condenser circuit ( hot part of the refrigeration system).
It is normal for these to get hot, but in your case may be hotter than usual because of the constant running, the running may be caused by hot ambient temperatures, system being slightly short of refrigerant, faulty thermostat or in-efficient compressor.
I suggest if temp is ok inside fridge dont worry too much, if you notice fridge starts loosing its capacity to refrigerate, have a refrigeration tech look at it.

it is normal to the fridge to be hot of the side edge panel it is to prevent moisture around gasket. cluster pipe of condeser routed around instead to install elec. heater. its to hot from the start of applying power but once it reach lower temp it will be warmed and normal.