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Hotpoint mistral frost free ?

I have a similiar problem to that mentioned by others. My Fridge freezer went from a cool -22 and 4 degrees to -11 and 26 degrees in the frdige and still rising. I have put the Fast freeze on and managed to get the freezer down to -16 but the fridge is getting hotter. I have taken the front and back grills off and hoovered out. the fan on the left at the back appears to be working fine and the large blck thing - sorry don't know what is called on the right is very very hot. Cold air is being blown out of the front grill at the bottom on the right as you look at it but still problem not solved. I have seen mentions of fuses/bulbs etc but not really sure what these are so don't want to dismantle it any further without advice- can anyone help- just stocked up on food for christmas !!!!

Claire
December 2008

Hotpoint Hotpoint Mistral Kitchen Appliances, Refrigerators Hotpoint Mistral Frost Free

just had the same problem with mine if you take the back pannal off the freezer(inside) you will find a fan when you open and close the fridge door this fan comes on to remove the warm air etc.now this is worked by the pannel with the lcd on it that packs up over time (some kind of relay)so just take a wire from the fan(the one going into the white plug)and fix it to a perm live.i did mine by placing a wire down the drain pipe and conecting it to the compressor's live point.this means the fan runs all the time.did mine over six months ago and its still going.

carl watson.
December 2008