BoschSeries 2 fridge door left open - no longer gets cold enough

[DIY67]

The dish round the back is adequate for normal use, but may overflow if you have a lot of ice. I like to see it and sponge it out ( it may be very dirty)

When empty, the FF will be quite light. Clean the floor and spray it with furniture polish to help it slide.

Pack your expensive meat and fish in the middle of the box, surrounded by frozen peas, chips and pizzas, which you can eat later, or throw away if necessary at low cost. A large, double cardboard box wrapped in a duvet offers quite good insulation.

We have the electric cool box which hopefully will be better. I have a 2 wheel sack trolley I can get it out with when empty.

 

[DIY67]

Ok, I can't see any drip tray at the back and I can't pull off the panel to see if ice is on the evaporator but leaving a fan blowing towards the inside should do it.

 

[JohnD]

The drip tray is usually on top of the motor assembly where waste heat will help the water to evaporate.

 

[DIY67]

It's been defrosting overnight for about 11.5 hours with a fan pointing inside the freezer. Both doors open. I have just turned it back on and now hoping that has fixed it.

 

[DIY67]

Ok, the freezer is at -18 which is normal and the empty fridge got to 4 degrees. However, an hour or so later putting a few food items in it went up to 12. 5 mins later it is at 10. There would be def no ice inside now after that long a defrost with fan. his is so frustrating!!!

 

[jj4091]

Monitor it for longer. The thermostat will vary over it's operating range. What have you got it set to?

 

[DIY67]

Monitor it for longer. The thermostat will vary over it's operating range. What have you got it set to?

I have it set to the coldest setting. I read it again and got a reading of 5. Some time later and it was back at 10. I was really hopeful when it reached 4 degrees on first turning on again but it seems to swing rapidly. Perhaps air temp is not the best way of monitoring ?

 

[JohnD]

Did you leave it open until it stopped dripping?

If you turn it back on while the ducts are still blocked you have wasted your time. You can't see inside the ducts and there is no airflow through them when they are blocked.

The food you put in the fridge will take time to get down to temperature.

 

[DIY67]

Did you leave it open until it stopped dripping?

If you turn it back on while the ducts are still blocked you have wasted your time. You can't see inside the ducts and there is no airflow through them when they are blocked.

The food you put in the fridge will take time to get down to temperature.

I didn't see any dripping and none of the towels were wet when I pulled them out. It's can't be ice as it was left running with a fan overnight. What doesn't make sense is it was running at 4 degrees not long after switching on but now back at 12 degrees with the door closed a couple of hours, and yet the freezer remains unaffected, which means it can't have damaged any internal electric, and if after a few hours it hasn;t stabilised a full 24-48 hr defrost should do it