Hello! This site looks great, I hope someone out there can help me out:
Short version:
- Fridge/Freezer side-by-side turns itself off and doesn’t turn back on by itself
- Turning the thermostat off then back on brings everything back to life for a while
- The thermostat trick just stopped working today and I fear for the life of my last beer
Detailed version:
One day I noticed water dripping inside my Freezer (due to ice melting and condensation), which is when I realized that my side-by-side unit was completely silent and no longer cooling anything. On a whim, I turned the Thermostat knob counterclockwise to the Off position, then slowly started turning the knob back toward our preferred setting (4.5ish out of 6), and I heard everything come back to life at around the ‘3’ mark. Everything seemed great, and it worked like a champ for a few hours. Then we noticed it was off again. Turning the knob to ‘Off’ then back on continued to work.
At one point, I unplugged the fridge and left it unplugged for a while, while I gave the rear of the unit a quick vacuuming to see if there was just some dust or whatever causing the issue. Also, someone on this forum mentioned leaving it unplugged might help a control board reset itself. When I plugged it back in, and started to turn the Thermostat back on, it kicked back on immediately (instead of at the ‘3’ mark).
After about a week of bringing my fridge back to life every few hours in this matter, it seems to have stopped working completely. From some other threads on this forum, it sounds like people with a similar problem have possibly had a bad Thermostat/Cold Control. Some of the pros recommended tapping on it to see if it brought things back to life. When I turn the Thermostat off, then begin to turn it back on, I hear a clicking/whirring sound that sounds like it is coming from the Thermostat itself. Also, the light in the fridge dims slightly, making it seem like something is trying to start, but failing.
Please help! I’ll be happy to provide pictures if needed, and I will definitely follow up on this post in hopes of helping out other people who find this thread.
Thanks in advance!