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Hotpoint Fridge not cooloing

  • 29-12-2011 4:02pm
    #1
    JenK
    Registered Users Posts: 55 ✭✭


    I have a Hotpoint Fridge RLA54 that's stopped cooling, its less than three years old and i want to try and repair it. I think it could be the compressor as there is no noise coming from the fridge at all.

    Please help! If i can i really want to try and repair it as i am broke!

    Cheers Jen


Comments

  • #2
    JMSE
    Registered Users Posts: 902 ✭✭✭JMSE


    Theres a great website you might look at, not sure if I can post the name here but heres a clip from their advice, I can PM you their web address


    Fridge-freezer not working but light on:

    Reason: Thermostat off or set to 'defrost'
    Solution: Adjust to normal setting.

    Reason: Faulty thermostat
    Solution: Replace fridge thermostat or contact a qualified repairer.

    Reason: Faulty compressor
    Solution: Replace fridge compressor or contact a qualified repairer.


    All I ever knew about fridge compressors was that you dont plug the fridge in after you have moved it for about 6 hours to prevent the refrigerant gases airlocking. Did you move it?


  • #3
    Billy Bunting
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,842 ✭✭✭Billy Bunting


    I think it could be the compressor as there is no noise coming from the fridge at all.


    If its not running at all but the light is on then its the thermostat, if it runs for a matter of seconds and stops, then repeats the same sequence over again, then its the compressor, if it runs constantly but doesnt get cold then its a gas issue.


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