HELP! Refrigerator Stopped Cooling
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Our refrigerator stop cooling. Right now we are using a little dorm. My husband is taking forever to look at it. Does anyone know why it would stop cooling, and how to fix it? Don't have the money to replace or have it repaired. Hoping this is something my husband can do. Thanks
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This happened to my refrigerator a couple of weeks ago. We unplugged it for 24 hours and when we plugged it back in it started working perfectly again.
You should remove the bottom plate in front of the refrigerator and look to see if the coils are covered with heavy dust, that will certainly make it not cool and could lose the refrigerator completerly. The stores have a very slim long handled brush for you to run under the refrig to get the dust off(careful) and this will let the coils breath and work again. Pull refrige away from the wall if you can and vacuum or sweep from there too. The idea is to get whatever dust away and from under the refrig as possible so it can breath, should be done 2 times a year, but many of us don't do it. Good luck..
you can google on utube how to clean the coils under refrigerator and see how it is done.
Heres an article on why it might not cool and how to fix simple problems... https://www.familyhandyman.com/appliance-repair/refrigerator-repair/fix-refrigerator-problems/view-all#step1
This just happened to my mother and when she turned it off and reboot it, it was fixd. the repair man said its not uncommon in the summer when theres a big strain on electricity with lots of people using airconditioners and the like- good luck :)
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