Compressor fridge playing up…?

[Just smiffy]

I have one of these generic alpicool cr90 fridge/freezers although it is fairly new it was working fine on several occasions, but now I’ve gone away into France I seem to have picked up Northernraider problems with fridges..

Today it was working fine, out walking around st-Malo and come back and it’s dead, check fuse an 30amp had blown in the cbe changed fuse and still not working. Investigation reveals no power going into fridge so I make my own lead up with a 30a fuse and it’s works… but it seems the freezer thermostat is not, I have the freezer set at -15 and the fridge at 5c the freezer is hovering around -8 to -10 if the fridge temp drops the compressor comes on and the freezer cools a few degrees but once the fridge reaches the set temp it goes off, my food in the freezer is getting soft…

My batteries are fully charged…

Anyone got any ideas…?

 

[1967bowesj]

Gary, ours was coming open when traveling or when we had a fair bit in the door as the top lock thing aint great so we fitted one of these

Palmcee Sliding Barn Door Lock,... https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0D17XCGYM?tag=mhf04-21

 

[Just smiffy]

Gary, is the freezer section removable (as mine is)? If so, is it pushed right back to seal freezer section from fridge? And is the freezer door definately closing fully?
It obviously can cool properly but is warming to near fridge temperature.

Yes everything is good with the freezer door and seal, once we’ve eaten more of the freezer contents I’ll turn it off for longer and see if that resets it……

 

[Ian_H]

Yes everything is good with the freezer door and seal, once we’ve eaten more of the freezer contents I’ll turn it off for longer and see if that resets it……

Hope that works, but if it does operate via the fridge temperature I don't see what difference it can make. When you can empty the freezer I like Lyricks idea:
"I put a phone set to video inside the freezer and shone a torch around the edges which showed big gaps on both sides of the seal."

 

[Just smiffy]

Fridge was coming on a fair bit in the night and this morning all is good with it, I have it set at -13 and 4 for the fridge and it seems to be working as it should so I’ve no idea what went wrong…