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Post by motorguy1996 on Mar 30, 2018 6:40:12 GMT
Just bought my first vintage appliance. A mid 1950s general electric upright freezer. It seems to freeze everything in the main part of the freezer but the stuff in the shelf/pockets in the door don't freeze. Hard to explain but the little shelves and ice cream compartment located on the inside of the door aren't getting cold enough apparently. What would cause this? I tried adjusting the latch to close the door tighter and I tried the old Vaseline on the seal trick. Could the insulation in the door be bad?
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Post by turbokinetic on Mar 30, 2018 11:14:06 GMT
Just bought my first vintage appliance. A mid 1950s general electric upright freezer. It seems to freeze everything in the main part of the freezer but the stuff in the shelf/pockets in the door don't freeze. Hard to explain but the little shelves and ice cream compartment located on the inside of the door aren't getting cold enough apparently. What would cause this? I tried adjusting the latch to close the door tighter and I tried the old Vaseline on the seal trick. Could the insulation in the door be bad?
Hi, I have a couple ideas for you. Seems you already checked the door gasket; but be sure this is in excellent form! Any air coming in would tend to fall down across the front of the door compartments and probably affect them more than the main compartment of the freezer. There could have been a problem with the door insulation over the years where it got bunched at the bottom of the door shell. I haven't seen the exact construction of these doors, so maybe someone else can chime in on that.
Finally, is the compressor cycling correctly? In other words, it doesn't run all the time? It could be that the interior of the freezer is "just cold enough" to keep things frozen; and the door area is "barely warm enough" to be ineffective. It could be that the freezer originally got much colder in all areas, but the door compartments are the first ones to show a problem.
If the compressor runs constantly without reaching temperature; or if the thermostat is not providing a long enough run time - it could cause this or exacerbate it.
Sincerely, David
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Post by motorguy1996 on Mar 30, 2018 15:39:23 GMT
Thanks for your input David. It does cycle on and off I would guess 3 min on and 10 off. I think today I'll get some squishy tape and put it between the gasket and the mating surface(a new gasket for this unit is around 165 bucks!). If that dosent work I guess my next course of action would be to check the insulation.
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Post by turbokinetic on Mar 30, 2018 16:16:20 GMT
Thanks for your input David. It does cycle on and off I would guess 3 min on and 10 off. I think today I'll get some squishy tape and put it between the gasket and the mating surface(a new gasket for this unit is around 165 bucks!). If that dosent work I guess my next course of action would be to check the insulation.
That sounds like a good plan. The replacement gaskets are expensive, but in my opinion they are worth it. My old Frigidaire has hardly any frosting with its new gasket.
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