My Freezer Has Stopped Running And Won’t Start?

Serviceman Checking Temperature Of Refrigerator In Kitchen

 

 

My Freezer Has Stopped Running And Won’t Start?

If your freezer stops working, or is not freezing, it could have an issue with your thermostat, which controls the temperature. If your freezer has stopped working and is not freezing, there may be an issue with the starter capacitor. If your freezer is not freezing your food, that may mean that you have an issue with the compressors startup relay.

If you do not hear your compressor clicking, and the freezer is not cooling, there could be something wrong with your compressor or the compressor startup components. If you do hear the compressor motor running, but the freezer is not cooling at all, there may be an issue with the evaporator or condenser coils.

Most of the time, the compressor fan should be running as well, as long as your freezer fan is running. If either fan is not working, or if the compressor is not powered up, your cooler is going to provide very little or no cooling. When a refrigerators fans are running, that means that both the defrost timer and cold setting on your refrigerator are set to “COOL”.

The fan, an evaporator, circulates cool air through the freezer, and when it stops working, temperatures start rising across the refrigerator. The fan engine of your evaporator pulls air across the vape coils and circulates it through the freezer, if it does not work, the freezer is not cooling.

To test your freezers fan motor, your freezer maintenance specialist will open your units doors and manipulate the door switches. You can test whether or not your refrigerators fan motor is a problem by opening the refrigerators door, and then activating the door switch manually. To test whether the evaporator fan is still working, you will have to enter your freezer into Diagnostic Mode.

The purpose of a temperature-controlled thermostat is to monitor your freezers temperature, then tell the control board how much voltage to send to the evaporator fan motors and compressor, so that your freezer can chill. It also has electrical contacts which send electricity to the compressor circuitry when your freezer needs to start cooling. The compressor startup relay is also known as a controller, and it works by feeding electricity to the compressor startup coils so your freezer can begin.

What this means is that, if the start relay does not work, the compressor at best is going to be running on an intermittent basis — or, more likely, it is going to not work at all, meaning that your freezer is not going to get cold. The compressor produces, then circulates, refrigerant through your freezer, so if it becomes defective, the freezer will not freeze. If you electrify the freezer before settling is possible, the compressor will not work properly, or at all.

The inside contacts on the defrost timer may not work, which causes the defrost timer to stop when it is defrost, meaning that your compressor is not being signaled to defrost air from your freezer. More commonly, a defective component in the auto-defrost system causes the fridge to operate continuously with no interruption. Stoppages are typically caused when any one of your refrigerators components becomes defective, which you need to have repaired or replaced.

If a fridge does not chill at all, it is almost always electrical controls that are the issue – not a demand for additional refrigerant. When the defrost heater stops working, the ice quickly builds up on your fridges coils, leading to an always-on fridge.

When your fridge is constantly running your appliances defrost heater, it might stop doing its job melting the ice, which could condense in the wrong areas of your refrigerator, like your evaporator coils, leading to a freezer that runs constantly. If your thermostat is not doing the job the thermostat is supposed to be doing, the ice particles will be building up around the coils, and that will result in your refrigerator running continuously because it is not getting a signal that the refrigerator is at the correct temperature. If you hear the compressor running, but the fridge is not cooling, then it is most likely that either your evaporator coils are frozen, or your evaporator fan is jammed or broken.

If your evaporator coils are frozen, then necessary air cannot get past them, which could cause the fridge not to ice up properly. Frost that is only building on the back side of the freezer section, where your evaporator coils are, indicates a problem in your defrost cycle. The job of this freezer is to move air through the condenser coils and dissipate it across the entire unit. If either the condenser fan assembly or the motor powering the fan is defective, then your Fridaire freezer may not be freezing.

Another reason why your Frigidaire freezer may not function normally is if your temperature-control thermostat has stopped working. The temperature control thermostat sends a voltage to different parts of the freezer, and if it is not working correctly, the freezer is not cooling. A faulty thermostat will not send electricity to your refrigeration system, and if that is the case, the freezer will not cool. If broken, a thermostat will not be able to read temperatures accurately, telling your appliance exactly how cold the freezer is.

If you let your freezer settle in after moving in, but it still does not get going, you are likely dealing with electrical issues. If you are still not getting a good start, or the freezer is running but cannot get any cooler, you likely need to have your compressor checked. If the fan motor is running hot, replacing it can make the freezer function like normal again.

To check for an issue with the starter relay, your repairman will disconnect your freezer from the electrical grid and pull out the starter relay from the compressor. If you think that your freezers starter relay is defective, you can check by using a multimeter.

For freezer repairs in Oklahoma City contact Appliance Repair OKC Services by calling them at 405-378-4566 or you can visit our website at https://www.okcappliance.com or also our Google business page at https://cutt.ly/YEnc8qk. Call today!

 

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