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Old 01-26-17, 06:06 PM   #1
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Default Refrigerator Maintenance Tips

I saw this video on YT and suddenly realized, that we had been cleaning under
the front on the fridge, (per the manual), but Never removed the back panel and cleaned back there..
Our 'New' fridge is 23 years old! (Wife 'guessed' it was about 10 or 12 years old)..




When I took off the back panel (cardboardish), the compressor and fan area
looked a lot like the heat sink area around an Intel 486 CPU that's been running full time since the 1990s..
One massive dust bunny..

We cleaned out everything we could reach, but I fear that white residue on
a copper joint might be from leaking R12..
The fresh food area (bottom section) is in the mid 40s..
I think it's been in the 35F range for decades.. Now, it's too warm..

Temps still aren't down after 24 hours, so I've opened (fully) up a vent that brings Cold air down from the freezer..

If it's still too warm maņana, then I need to start shopping..

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