Refrigerator now BARELY cooling...

[SoyUnGanador]

We have one we keep in the garage that is over 25 yo and still works great.

That thing is probably a lot older than you think, I bet it came from Roman times...

 

[Arnie]

Regarding your problem, some Samsung's have 2 evaporators, one for frig and one for freezer, so the frig side may have a bad evaporator.

https://www.samsung.com/africa_en/s...tem-featured-in-some-samsung-fridge-freezers/

 

[gtober]

I have a friend that used to work on binary load lifters which are very similar to evaporators. You want me to call him.

(he a bit of an odd duck)

 

[LS1Z28]

It is cooling almost none, maybe none at all. The freezer next to it is still working, maybe that is the only thing keeping the refrigerator a bit colder than room temperature.

It is about 6 or 7 years old. Samsung model.

I there any way I can try anything to get it working again? Or should I call some repair guy? Or don't waste time, just ante up and buy a new one?

Thanks!

Check out YouTube. You can find information on just about anything there if you look hard enough.

 

[vanzandt]

I half-ass remember this happening to ours.
There was a little button in back that popped to protect the compressor.
The reason it popped, the condenser coil which is in front down by the floor, (it has a snap off plastic cover so you can get to it) was blocked with dust and some dog hair. There's a fan behind it that draws air through it. I just hit it with the little narrow vacuum attachment and got as much as I could (dry), and then used a spray bottle and sprayed hot water/dish-soap all over it and then sucked that up with a shop-vac using that same attachment. Cleaned it perfect. Now I just pop that cover off every few months and run the vacuum over it real quick. I had no idea its a regular maintenance kind of thing.

 

[easymon1]

 

[Cuddles]

this is why your electric bill is so high, you likely have a leak and comp is running non-stop