Charles D Persson

business card posted on DFC bulleting board

Central Davis

construction, plumbing, electrical, repair, detail, energy efficiency/renewable energy, painting, water catchment, landscaping, green building, owner build.
I am not a licensed contractor.

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2008-09-17 22:31:46   I recently had a problem with my stove, so I came to davis wiki and gave Charlie a call. Luckily he was available on extremely short notice and quickly found the source of the problem. He was very friendly and helpful in explaining what he was doing as well - I learned a lot in the process. Highly recommended. —rgysel Insert non-formatted text here

2010-02-08 22:24:43   Hey Rob,

What I did was look up some trouble shooting techniques for refrigerators. I'm guessing from what I read that the auto defrost is not working because of some kind of blockage to the venting in the freezer. Also there could be a slight leak in the door seal which would cause unwanted frost build up. Either way you have to manually defrost the freezer and then test it out to see if it works normally.

Start by either slowly eating all of the things out of the freezer so that you can defrost it. What I read is that you will want to plan on eating most of the really perishable items so that when you do unplug the fridge/freezer you wont be wasting food. When you do go to unthaw the freezer you will let it warm up until you can chip away, carefully, all of the ice. Be careful not to puncture the side and the refrigerant lines just under the plastic skin of the freezer. Once you get all of the ice and moisture out you can plug the thing back in and test. Put some normal freezer items in the freezer like ice trays and frozen veggies and what not. Check the seal of the door also. Then make sure that the fridge is not working too much and overheating. I'm thinking that occasionally you will have to defrost for older models of refrigerators anyhow.

If after you test it out and get the same major frosting in the freezer and overheating of the fridge compartment you might try setting the temp controls. If you still get improper function then you might want to look into getting an energy star refrigerator. Your old refrigerator can be picked up for a $30 credit. There are also rebates from PG&E for the energy efficient models.

Let me know how this works out and I'll attach a link to a trouble shooting web site that you might find helpful.

http://www.acmehowto.com/howto/appliance/refrigerator/diagrefrigerator.php —charlesper

2011-11-14 20:54:11   Charlie did a great job installing an instant hot faucet downstream of our RO system. He was reliable, capable, and reasonable. Highly recommended! —LisaGoodin