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Stuck a fridge in a Chicago basement for 4 days and a $9 fan fixed the frost
Pulled a Whirlpool side-by-side out of a damp basement in Chicago where the freezer was frosting over every 48 hours and the customer was ready to scrap it. I cleaned the coils, checked the gasket, swapped the defrost timer, and nothing helped, until an old timer told me to just aim a small fan at the back panel to even out the airflow. Has anyone else used a cheap clip-on fan to stop frost buildup, or do you go straight for the thermistor and heater every time?
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jenny19817d ago
This kind of thing shows up all over the place. People jump straight to replacing parts because that feels like real work, when the actual problem is something dumb and simple like air not moving right. Same reason a $2 fuse saves a $400 control board, or why reseating a loose ground wire fixes half the electrical gremlins in an old house. A fan just moves air and stops one cold spot from pooling moisture, which is all that frost ever is. Most techs skip the cheap fix because it does not feel like they did anything, but the fridge does not care how fancy the answer is. Nine bucks and four days beats a new thermistor you did not need.
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