Samsung Fridge Operating

[Tressa Sibel]

Ituses the Tizen operating system, which means a few things. First off, Samsung isn't letting users install third-party apps yet, instead sticking to a bunch of apps and widgets that are preloaded. Secondly, it means that this large touchscreen mostly acts like a gigantic phone on your fridge.

The apps are are little slow to load and web pages that you load up appear in a phone layout. There are even Tizen-standard phone-style buttons at the bottom, including Home, Menu, Back, and a button to bring up a notifications panel. You rearrange the home screen widgets with a long-press and tap them to open their app.

There's an app for doodling notes (the touchscreen response is pretty bad), an app for your family calendar, weather, a timer, an app to control fridge-things like the alarm and temperature zones, and so on. We weren't able to test any voice control (the venue is loud and the Wi-Fi is atrocious), but we did leave a couple voice memos.

We also weren't able to test what might be the coolest (sorry) feature: TV mirroring. There's an app that will mirror (and offer basic controls) for a Samsung TV that's on the same Wi-Fi network. If that's not your idea of fun, you can also play Pandora or TuneIn radio on the door-embedded speakers.

Last but certainly not least, our favorite ridiculous feature: there are three cameras that take a photo of the inside of the fridge about 10 seconds after you close the door. That means that, yes, you can hit a button on the touchscreen to look instead your fridge so you don't have to look inside your fridge. Of course, that's not the intended use: you can assign expiration reminders to specific items and also look at the photo from your smartphone when you're at the grocery store.

The photo feature is just like the fridge itself: silly, but kind of clever. It's the kind of feature (and the kind of fridge) you'd create if you had zero inhibitions and would never be embarrassed by technological whimsy.

Today I found that your application is not supported on my samsung fridge Model no# RF262BEAES. My fridge has a tablet on it and I can see that it has the application for a ring app but I cannot find your app. Can you please let me know when this will be available on my samsung fridge app. As this is one of the convenient ways for my mom or my wife to communicate with a stranger when they ring the bell, so that automatically the live feed is shown on the fridge app.

If I were you I would pretty much Mark this idea off the list especially if basic integration with the major home automation companies still has not come. People like me have been asking for it for Months.

Is still the case remains or do we got any update regarding this @PF_Home

I have the same Samsung Bespoke fridge, which i am trying to install

I would appreciate if someone provide an assistance on this one

Thanks

The Samsung T9000 is a smart refrigerator that runs Android (operating system) made by Samsung Electronics and introduced along with a soda-making fridge[1] in CES 2013. It was succeeded by the Samsung Family Hub refrigerator line which runs Tizen.[2] In early 2014, Samsung released the Samsung Smart Home app and service, now called Samsung SmartThings and added support for this fridge as one of the many supported Samsung devices.

The 32-cubic feet fridge itself has a lot of space in four compartments, each with its own temperature setting. Two can be configured as freezers, or just one, and up to three as refrigerators. The refrigerator costed $4,000.[3][4][5][6]Temperature can be set on the screen.

It seems like the ice is not being produced because the freezer is not cold enough to freeze the ice. It seems like the freezer temperature is not getting colder, and I've tried a couple of things including resetting (on/off) & power freeze.

But I'm definitely sure it has to do with the circulation inside the freezer, as the fridge has been working as per normal, whilst the freezer still hovers around the 15 degree mark and does not freeze anything.

The reason why the freezer is cold at the bottom is that cold air falls down. (It is heavier than warm air). So while the evaporator is very cold (freezing cold in fact) there is no air being blown across it to cool the entire cabinet only the air surrounding the evaporator area.

You have shown pictures of the compressor fan. This cools the condenser coils which are "hot" from the heat extracted from the fridge. (you could vacuum away all the dust, the cooling coils will appreciate it!)

The evaporator fan is inside the freezer cabinet behind a panel. This fan drags air over the "freezing cold" evaporator unit causing cold air to circulate throughout the freezer. Be careful, your fingers can literally stick to the evaporator unit if you touch it. It is freezing cold (unless the fridge is in the defrost cycle when it warms up (because no refrigerant is passing through it) to allow the ice build up to melt away -i.e. defrost)

You have not quoted a full model number, so I can't help more fully, but if you can hear a "whirring" sound in the freezer compartment but there is no air movement it may be that the evaporator fan blades have come adrift from the evaporator fan motor shaft, so that the motor turns (and whirs) but not the blade.

Is there a freezer door switch that you can manually operate simulating that the door is closed to verify that there is no air flow in the freezer? The fan is turned off when a door is opened. Apologies if you have already done this.

If you search online for (insert full model number) parts you should get results for suppliers which show exploded parts diagrams of all the parts so that you can see where the fan is situated behind a panel.

Do you happen to have any other suggestions for diagnosing without disassembling? The fridge does get to 37F but the freezer not below 10F & both lose some temp when the doors are opened & closed. A light frost begins to develop on the interior freezer back panel.

Don't know your particular model but the evaporator fan starting up after a while with the door open may be a feature to try and maintain the desired temperature as it will be going up with the door open. A lot of other makes either give an alarm after a few minutes to warn to close the door or don't turn on the fan at all again until the door is closed and hope that the user remembers to close the door.

It may be understandable that the fridge temp is OK given that the freezer is at 10F. Normally the freezer should be at 0F and the damper unit controls the airflow into the fridge from the freezer to get the desired fridge temp. So the freezer being at 10F may still allow the fridge to be at 37F if the doors weren't opened too often. It may mean that the damper stays open for longer than it would if the freezer were at 0F with the fan operating.

As I said earlier a light frost could be because of warmer (humid maybe) air entering when the door is opened. Admittedly without the fan distributing the cold air around the compartment the frost may occur more quickly at the coldest place which would be the closest point to or on the evaporator unit, (10F is still well below freezing point).

There is no airflow in the freezer with the compressor running and the door(s) closed or simulated closed and you can hear the sound of a motor that stops when the door is opened and starts again when it is closed. Exactly what a evaporator fan is supposed to do.

The parts diagram for your model show that the evaporator fan blade - part #613 - click on Freezer Section Parts diagram is separate to the fan motor so hopefully it may just have come loose from the shaft.

Hello, I bit the bullet & disassembled. Unfortunately, the evaporator fan blade was attached as it should be & did turn freely with a small bit of resistance. The main thing I noticed out of the ordinary upon visual inspection is that screws/ brackets 611 and 612, which hold the evap fan motor, are EXTREMELY rusted. As is the ground wire sandwiched between them.

Most Domestic refers are single evaporator systems... this means all cooling occurring in the fresh food compartment occurs because of the heat exchange occurring in the freezer (due to evaporator heat absorption). Your refer use a dual evaporator, single compressor system. each compartment cools individually. through not at the same time. Most Ice maker start their harvest cycle when their mold T-stat reaches approx. 10dgs f. If the refer is in a thermos hold or defrost state the fans will not be operating. Generally the evap and condenser fans operate in series with the compressor, but not always. is the compressor and condenser fans operating.

1st item of business should be is the freezer evap fan operating. most of the Samsung / LG fans are very quite when running. Some fans turn off when the doors are open... some don't. Open the freezer door and listen, if not hold the door switch (if present, some models use a hidden magnetic reed switch to sense door action) closed and give it 15sec to sense. Do you hear a whirling rotational noise. If not and or if so... next touch along the back wall of the freezer. Do you feel frosty ice... if so you might have a defrost failure and it may be restricting the evap fan. (most not the easiest to access or service). Further help would need further answers from you.

Exact same issue as the above with GE side by side Profile PSS27HNA BS. Replaced main control board. Freezer still no lower than 10 degrees a day later after unplugging for 24 hrs. Fridge cools but they both loose temp after opening and closing doors. Hear a constant whirring sound when doors are closed as if a fan... but there is no air moving in the freezer. Feel a light frost rebuilding on rear freezer panel.

The South Korean electronics giant is in a quiet push to make its Tizen operating system a part of the technology lexicon as familiar as Google's Android or Apple's iOS. Its ambition doesn't stop there. Samsung sees the software in your car, fridge and television too.

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