Refrigerator help please....

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Works for wives too.

You need money or personality for that to work. I have neither. Besides, as I said, I like old broken things

[ZenOps]

Clearly the fridge is racist. I put beer on the wine shelf.

[nismodrifter]

On the topic of fridges...

I purchased a new Frigidaire to put in the garage for storing extra veggies/milk etc. Trying to avoid a mid week grocery store trip for essentials. It is a top freezer/refrigerator unit.

Plugged it in, came back 24 hrs later, temp is still not cold. Odd. So I started reading about potential causes (assuming that my unit is not defective in some way).

Temps here have been cool, 8 to 12 degrees, cooler at night. Inside the garage it is cool, single digits to maybe low double digits. I did some reading about fridges in garages having issues in cooler weather. Compressor does not turn on as thermostat in the refrigerator senses it is already cold enough.

There is a "garage kit" available which involves basically installing a small patch heater of sorts on the thermostat to trick it into thinking its warm and to turn compressor on. The kit is 35 dollars and is available from Amre Supply.

Has anyone else encountered this issue with a newer fridge?

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On the topic of fridges...

I purchased a new Frigidaire to put in the garage for storing extra veggies/milk etc. Trying to avoid a mid week grocery store trip for essentials. It is a top freezer/refrigerator unit.

Plugged it in, came back 24 hrs later, temp is still not cold. Odd. So I started reading about potential causes (assuming that my unit is not defective in some way).

Temps here have been cool, 8 to 12 degrees, cooler at night. Inside the garage it is cool, single digits to maybe low double digits. I did some reading about fridges in garages having issues in cooler weather. Compressor does not turn on as thermostat in the refrigerator senses it is already cold enough.

There is a "garage kit" available which involves basically installing a small patch heater of sorts on the thermostat to trick it into thinking its warm and to turn compressor on. The kit is 35 dollars and is available from Amre Supply.

Has anyone else encountered this issue with a newer fridge?

I’m a refrigeration guy and had to look it up. If you have a fridge with a mechanical thermostat, it is operating on a pressurized capillary tube or sensing bulb containing refrigerant. When the thermostat itself gets close to the internal fridge temperature, the internal operating pressure will become insufficient to close the switch. Must be some low pressure, save the environment green juice in it because old fridges work just fine in a cold garage. Use the kit, shouldn’t have an issues with it other than using a touch more power. Also not needed with a digital thermostat which I would think everything domestic is using by now. (apparently not)

[nismodrifter]

@Darell_n many thanks sir. I picked up the kit on my way home from work today. Will install and post an update.

[Maxt]

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@Darell_n many thanks sir. I picked up the kit on my way home from work today. Will install and post an update.

The old trick for this was to put a jumper across the fridge light contact in the winter so the light bulb stayed on and warmed up the fridge compartment enough to make the compressor run. We used to have a customer with 10 fridges in his garage for herbal medicines that we put summer/winter toggle switches in for him on the lights so he could do the seasonal switch for himself.

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Fucking Fridge Crisper Drawer clip detonated again. Reliable parts no longer stocks this part locally, but they WILL allow free instore pickup of special order parts without charging for shipping, so that's a win, maybe. I plan on gluing the shit out of this once it's reassembeld, because the next time it breaks I truly will be burning this house down in a fit of rage. Fixing this once a year is exactly the sort of thing that tests my sanity.

[Darell_n]

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Fucking Fridge Crisper Drawer clip detonated again. Reliable parts no longer stocks this part locally, but they WILL allow free instore pickup of special order parts without charging for shipping, so that's a win, maybe. I plan on gluing the shit out of this once it's reassembeld, because the next time it breaks I truly will be burning this house down in a fit of rage. Fixing this once a year is exactly the sort of thing that tests my sanity.

Sounds like an opportunity to print / machine a better one. Do you have a pic of the guilty piece?

[Darell_n]

One trick I had for thrashing rc trucks years ago was to fill in the plastic bulkhead and suspension piece depressions with CA glue and baking soda. The piece will be significantly tougher after that.

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Well, spent some time disassembling and then googling and then more googling, but turns out all I needed was this little clip. $8.51 at reliable parts this morning and I'm good as new.
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Darrell, this clip. It's 3d complex shape, honestly don't even think it broke this time, jist slipped out of the hole. So I think a few globs of permanent glue is the answer.