Ken,
freezer has been running about 15
> over 0. It used to be 0 or a bit less on the Walmart freezer thermo.
> Called extended warranty service guy. His (expensive?) thermo
> read -5. He says freezer ok, my thermos bad. I had no grounds to argue
> with him about it.
It's really, really hard to believe that your thermometer suddenly failed
unless you whacked it. Yours reads 15 deg and his reads -5? That's 20 deg.
Something is most strange.
Take your thermometer out of the fridge and park it near a room thermometer
for half an hour. Is it 20 deg off?
Any cheap fridge/freezor thermometer should be NSF intl certified. That
means it's food safe and fairly accurate.
> So my question is, where can I get an accurate thermo a service guy will
> believe? Brand name? Source? Service guy says to buy from refig supplies
> co - he also says the only one in my city only sells to dealers, service
> guys, etc.
See above.
> I also found out a previous service guy was wrong, my refrig does have
> cooling coils. They are in back at bottom-rear (not under) of refrig. He
> and I tried to pull refrig away from wall in it's little walled-off area
> but were unsuccessful. Any suggestions on how I (79 yrs old) can move it
> out to get at coils to clean them? Service guy suggested a leaf blower
> blowing under frig - says it will clear off rear coils. ???
Ok, let's move the fridge. It's in an alcove and is glued down by years
of kitchen crud. Turn off the fridge using the temp control inside the
fridge. With the fridge door open look for and remove the bottom trim panel,
often look like vents. With the trim off and the fridge door closed you
should see the 2 front supports they should look like big bolts with rubber
feet. Get a pry bar and a fulcrum. Find a spot near a foot and on the
metal frame of the fridge. Pry there. We want to lift the fridge. Now do the
other foot. This should "unglue" the front feet.
Now carefully push the top of the fridge into the alcove. Then out. We
want to rock the fridge to free up the 2 back feet. When all of the feet are
free you should be able to rock the fridge from side to side and "walk" it
out of the alcove.
Now, unplug the fridge and vacuum the coils under and in back of the
fridge. Get a mop and swab out the alcove floor.
Plug the fridge back in. Walk the fridge back into the alcove. Open the
door and reattach the bottom trim panel. Set the temp control and close the
door.
Dave M.