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blueamy66

(6,795 posts) Fri Jul 18, 2014, 04:31 PM Jul 2014

Refrigerator question... [View all]

So, the freezer is working, bit the fridge is warm. No cold air is being "sent" to the fridge. I moved all the food to our other fridge, so I'm not freaking, but....

BF doesn't seem to care, as he's working 12 hour days and is TIRED. I care, cause I cook and would like the fridge in the kitchen to work.

Any ideas?

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Refrigerator question... [View all] blueamy66 Jul 2014 OP

Ours did that last year right around this time and I found that the drain Purveyor Jul 2014 #1

Thank you! blueamy66 Jul 2014 #2

Is your refrigerator running? KamaAina Jul 2014 #3

Not anymore! blueamy66 Jul 2014 #4

had to replace a fridge last year because of this grasswire Jul 2014 #5

I have a Kenmore I bought in 1978 that still works great. Scuba Jul 2014 #19

My parents had a chest freezer they bought in 1960.... lastlib Jul 2014 #23

It'd be easier to replace the boyfriend with one who can fix appliances. Kaleva Jul 2014 #6

He's cute and can fix anything.... blueamy66 Jul 2014 #9

That happened to us, years ago. A thermostat in the freezer needed replacing. winter is coming Jul 2014 #7

Gonna check this out. blueamy66 Jul 2014 #10

cool site! lovemydog Jul 2014 #12

Sounds like the inside fan is not pulling/pushing air to the non-freezer part. Common problem. BlueJazz Jul 2014 #8

What to do? blueamy66 Jul 2014 #11

You've gotten almost all the tips I would have tried. gvstn Jul 2014 #13

Thank you for this. blueamy66 Jul 2014 #14

To diagnose the problem, google refrigerator troubleshooting pinboy3niner Jul 2014 #15

Thank you. blueamy66 Jul 2014 #16

Soooo.....fried wiring....he says we're lucky we didn't have a fire blueamy66 Jul 2014 #17

Scary! gvstn Jul 2014 #18

It's fixed and cooling down. blueamy66 Jul 2014 #20

Good work! LiberalEsto Jul 2014 #21

Me too. blueamy66 Jul 2014 #22