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Originally Posted by docj
What Samsung customer service had previously explained to me is that these units can "lose" their thermostat calibrations and, as a result, don't know that the temps inside are too warm. I'm sure that isn't a totally accurate description, but, of course, turning the power off for a few minutes reboots the board and seems to correct the problem.
For all I know this problem has occurred for me because I have an inverter in the fridge circuit and, as a result, it never has the power turned off and doesn't get to periodically reboot. Maybe if my fridge got turned on off once in a while the normal rebooting of the board would keep this from being noticed. I don't know but I wanted to pass this along to those who might be considering a Samsung or already have one. I wasn't nearly as upset when this happened yesterday as I was the first time I experienced it and didn't know the simple fix for resolving it.
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Docj,
This has happened to me only once since installation back in 2012. The freezer temp started to rise for no apparent reason. Thankfully, I have remote temp sensors in each compartment. I tripped the circuit breaker for the fridge, waited 5 -10 minutes and reset the CB. It has been fine ever since. In fact I did a thread on the event
HERE.
At least now I know what to do if it happens again.
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Originally Posted by kketterling
I looked at the fridge manual on line and unless I missed it there isn't a button to turn it on an off other than pulling the plug. If that's true I might consider adding a switch to accomplish that.
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Actually, there is a way to turn off the cooling function but all of the lights still work. That's what stores do when they have it on display. If you have a circuit breaker panel, you can simply use the one for the fridge circuit instead of adding another switch to the circuit which is one more failure point.
Dr4Film ----- Richard
Never thought about the circuit breaker for the fridge. Thanks
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