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Originally Posted by govtdog
I had a service guy come out and he thinks the fridge is a goner, since only the bottom half of the cooling coils freeze up and not the top half? He said that is caused by a freon leak somewhere in the coils...
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Not necessarily but a refrigeration system problem for sure (see the following link).
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How does a frost free refrigerator's defrost system work?
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I heard that this fridge uses two separate heaters/defrosters... so I am wondering if could it be just that the top heater/defroster works, and not the bottom one, thereby causing the freezeup?
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I'm afraid not. The heaters are wired in series. If one failed, the other would stop working as well. Sorry.
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and that it would be cheaper to buy a new fridge rather than replace the entire coil assembly.
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Did he actually find a problem with the "
coil assembly"?
In any case, a refrigeration system problem will usually be expensive to correct. IF just a leak and it can be be isolated and repaired without replacing parts, probably $150+. If it needs parts (evaporator or compressor, etc.) to correct it, it could easily be $350+. While cheaper than a new fridge, it is borderline as to whether the repair would be worthwhile or not.
JMO
Dan O.
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