Hello,
I have a 15 month old Beko fridge freezer (CDA647). The freezer has never been that impressive but is now not freezing below -3 celsius. Despite it being 'frost free' I have switch it off for 24 hrs and defrosted it thoroughly - I even removed the freezer panel to make sure no ice was on cooling element. At the time there was a lot of ice built up on the element but this is now completely clear. I thought that was the problem but the freezer is still not working properly.
The fridge section seems to be ok and the fan and motor seem to be ok too.
Does anyone know what may be wrong? I suspected it was the thermostat (I think that is located in the fridge area) however if the fridge is running ok then surely the thermostat is too. I've turned it fully to number 5 with no difference in freezer performance. I can't smell any refigerant leaking either.
I'm being told by service engineers to just bin it as Beko are apparently a cheap budget make and not worth the effort of repairing. Is this right? Surely a £320 appliance should last longer than this.
Any help appreciated. Thanks.
I have a 15 month old Beko fridge freezer (CDA647). The freezer has never been that impressive but is now not freezing below -3 celsius. Despite it being 'frost free' I have switch it off for 24 hrs and defrosted it thoroughly - I even removed the freezer panel to make sure no ice was on cooling element. At the time there was a lot of ice built up on the element but this is now completely clear. I thought that was the problem but the freezer is still not working properly.
The fridge section seems to be ok and the fan and motor seem to be ok too.
Does anyone know what may be wrong? I suspected it was the thermostat (I think that is located in the fridge area) however if the fridge is running ok then surely the thermostat is too. I've turned it fully to number 5 with no difference in freezer performance. I can't smell any refigerant leaking either.
I'm being told by service engineers to just bin it as Beko are apparently a cheap budget make and not worth the effort of repairing. Is this right? Surely a £320 appliance should last longer than this.
Any help appreciated. Thanks.
We have big commercial freezers at my shop, open top ones, and they'd been running for 5 years straight (since the place opened). When we turned them off to be moved, and lifted the base panels, we couldn't see the cooling fins, it was a solid block of white ice. It was a wonder they worked at all. Anyway, said ice had just about gone 3 days later when they were recommisioned again. And these were frost free with several KW of heating on the defrost cycle.
