I am going to argue with my fridge freezer

Sclosages

It is beeping in a high-pitched beep, approximately every 5 seconds. Short of leaving the room, turning it off, or kicking it (my preferred action at the moment), I do not know what to do to maintain my sanity.
It is a Samsung NO frost piece of crap. Fridge on top and freezer on bottom. Its beeping is making me feel murderous.
Tell me how to stop it beeping before I'm done for assault on a fridge freezer.

TwoShedsJackson

RTFM, or else ring Samsung with the model number and ask them what the hell it's playing at.

SpaceTime

That's an over temperature alarm.

Make sure that the freezer is properly closed and not a tiny bit open.

Also make sure that you haven't put anything hot into the fridge or freezer.

It could also mean there's a cooling fault.

Ruu

Turn it off and on again.

Lapin

Plug it out.


Count to seven.


Plug it back in again.

Michael D Not Higgins

Locate the electronic display of the Samsung refrigerator, press the "Alarm" button for three seconds and then release it. The alarm turns off and the beeping stops no matter how long the doors remain open

http://www.ehow.com/info_8786725_new-fridge-wont-quit-beeping.html

Frosty McSnowballs

Wave your willy at it, that will shut it up. Then point your finger at it, in the style of a pistol and shout "freeze sucka". Then punch the Microwave, this will show the fridge that you mean business.

delop

make sure its not too close to the wall at the back

_Whimsical_

...say your piece and don't let it give you the cold shoulder.

Pinch Flat

It's going to blow, GET OUT!!!!!'

Sclosages

It is saying nothing. That said, it did this to me earlier, then resumed its screeching.
I have opened and closed doors and turned it off and on again.

Badly Drunk Boy

You could check the seals around the doors. Could be damaged...

Frosty McSnowballs

Badly Drunk Boy wrote: »

You could check the seals around the doors. Could be damaged...

Seals? The fridge isn't in the water though.

Mr. Incognito

Plug it out and buy a new one

Sclosages

I am going to kill the fridge. It's beeping again in its high pitched screech.

Badly Drunk Boy

Senor Fancy Pants wrote: »

Seals? The fridge isn't in the water though.

Seals aren't always in the water either.

Son Of A Vidic

Sclosages wrote: »

I am going to kill the fridge. It's beeping again in its high pitched screech.

Violence won't work. The fridge sounds pretty lonely and maybe if you started looking at it as a friend, rather than just a fridge, things would quickly improve.

Frosty McSnowballs

Badly Drunk Boy wrote: »

Seals aren't always in the water either.

Or the kitchen! Sort yerself out ya drunk bastard! :pac::p

Pumpkinseeds

I think you need to get it serviced or get a new one. Ours started doing weird things during the Summer and we ignored it until we came down one morning and it had broken completely. The joys of a week in Summer with no refridgeration was Hellish.

Sclosages

I am actually feeling like kicking it at this stage.

It is Samung. It says 'No frost'.
It also says 'CoolnCool' on the ****ing front.
Please please please can anyone tell me how the **** to stop the piece of **** from squealing at me?
It's like the most annoying noise ever. Like a smoke alarm beep going off every 5 seconds.
Please help me.
I know violence helps nothing, but I feel like beating this thing to a pulp.

Think Phoebe in the Friends episode where the fire alarm wouldn't stop.

whiskeyman

Sclosages wrote: »

I am going to kill the fridge. It's beeping again in its high pitched screech.

Tell it to chill out...










Shame on you AH for not posting this sooner

Graces7

Slightly off thread but when I first came to Ireland I bought a fridge freezer. A few week later everything in it melted and it was apparently dead.. called the shop and they opined that my house was TOO COLD for that make of machine. They had had similar problems with one that was in someone s garage.. I upgraded but the same happened with a fridge in the bad winter and the very old one I have here is the same.. too cold for a freezer?

Sofiztikated

Graces7 wrote: »

Slightly off thread but when I first came to Ireland I bought a fridge freezer. A few week later everything in it melted and it was apparently dead.. called the shop and they opined that my house was TOO COLD for that make of machine. They had had similar problems with one that was in someone s garage.. I upgraded but the same happened with a fridge in the bad winter and the very old one I have here is the same.. too cold for a freezer?

Yes, too cold for a freezer.

Unless it has 2 thermostats (1 for outside temps, 1 for inside temps, and it adjusts to compensate) frost can damage your freezer.

Tis in the manual.

OP, might need defrosting (even though it's frost free, unplug for 36 hours) or disable the alarm by holding the alarm button for 3 seconds. But that doesn't solve the problem, just hides it.

Or push it out of a tree. Then you can tell the joke, "What's large, white, and kills people in the garden? My fridge when it falls on them!" You'll be a barrel of laughs, people will invite you to loads of parties, and you'll never be at home to hear your fridges pleas for help.

wnolan1992

Buy some fancy frozen food from Marks and Spencer and offer it to the freezer as a gift.

cerastes

Sofiztikated wrote: »

Yes, too cold for a freezer.

Unless it has 2 thermostats (1 for outside temps, 1 for inside temps, and it adjusts to compensate) frost can damage your freezer.

Tis in the manual.

OP, might need defrosting (even though it's frost free, unplug for 36 hours) or disable the alarm by holding the alarm button for 3 seconds. But that doesn't solve the problem, just hides it.

Or push it out of a tree. Then you can tell the joke, "What's large, white, and kills people in the garden? My fridge when it falls on them!" You'll be a barrel of laughs, people will invite you to loads of parties, and you'll never be at home to hear your fridges pleas for help.

White, how naff, its silver
OP RTFM yet?

SpaceTime

Graces7 wrote: »

Slightly off thread but when I first came to Ireland I bought a fridge freezer. A few week later everything in it melted and it was apparently dead.. called the shop and they opined that my house was TOO COLD for that make of machine. They had had similar problems with one that was in someone s garage.. I upgraded but the same happened with a fridge in the bad winter and the very old one I have here is the same.. too cold for a freezer?

Well, I would suggest that whoever you spoke to was utterly clueless.
Not only is that highly unlikely, Irish weather is rarely extreme.
I hope they didn't try to not honour the warranty.

biko

It's probably the "time to upgrade the fridge" alarm.

Sofiztikated

SpaceTime wrote: »

Well, I would suggest that whoever you spoke to was utterly clueless.
Not only is that highly unlikely, Irish weather is rarely extreme.
I hope they didn't try to not honour the warranty.

Not really.

Temps that regularly get below 0°C is too cold for many fridge freezers.

Oddly enough, most Beko (ye know the cheap ones?) freezers and fridge freezers have Freezer Guard tech to stop this.

Oops69

It's like a baby , it only cries / screams / beeps when it needs something , give it a hug , you 'cold' bastard!

byte

SpaceTime wrote: »

Well, I would suggest that whoever you spoke to was utterly clueless.
Not only is that highly unlikely, Irish weather is rarely extreme.
I hope they didn't try to not honour the warranty.

No, not clueless, as it does indeed happen. Beko in particular for some reason.

Of course, the issue was particularly prevalent during the very cold winters.

cerastes

byte wrote: »

No, not clueless, as it does indeed happen. Beko in particular for some reason.

Of course, the issue was particularly prevalent during the very cold winters.

hmm, I dont know, Im not totally convinced.

In mild/warm weather fridge warms slightly, Thermostat detects this, operates refrigerant cycles through system, fridge cools, thermostat detects this, switches off compressor motor, heat exchanger condenser gives off heat exchanged from inside fridge.

In cold weather, fridge contents will warm less as less heat is lost (assuming to colder room and not beside boiler), eventually if fridge interior warms sufficiently for temp to rise in fridge compartment, motor kicks in, cools fridge more rapidly due to lower temp difference, heat given off at condenser warms room (slightly) firdge takes longer to cool due to cooler room/conditions, and doesnt use as much electricity.

All I can see is a fridge operated in colder conditions will cycle on/off less and use less electricity, cant see how it gets damaged from colder temps??

Sclosages

The fridge has stopped beeping.

Steve F

Bad...very bad.Now you really are in trouble

Sclosages

Lol - I think it couldn't handle the abuse any more......

jinkybhoy

I might be wrong but I read a story about a fridge that was behaving like that and when he called the retailer they told him to get out of the house that there was a load of baby spiders in it and that it was going to explode.....I'll do a google search and see if that's true.

jinkybhoy

Sorry - my fault it was a cactus...I feel silly now..

Frosty McSnowballs

Sclosages wrote: »

The fridge has stopped beeping.

Did you punch the microwave like I told you?

Sclosages

Senor Fancy Pants wrote: »

Did you punch the microwave like I told you?

I had fridge on the brain - crap - punched the fridge instead.

bajer101

Stick your fingers in your ears.

Graces7

Sclosages wrote: »

I am actually feeling like kicking it at this stage.

It is Samung. It says 'No frost'.
It also says 'CoolnCool' on the ****ing front.
Please please please can anyone tell me how the **** to stop the piece of **** from squealing at me?
It's like the most annoying noise ever. Like a smoke alarm beep going off every 5 seconds.
Please help me.
I know violence helps nothing, but I feel like beating this thing to a pulp.

Think Phoebe in the Friends episode where the fire alarm wouldn't stop.

Of course this is payback for telling porkies on the pets forum!

Graces7

SpaceTime wrote: »

Well, I would suggest that whoever you spoke to was utterly clueless.
Not only is that highly unlikely, Irish weather is rarely extreme.
I hope they didn't try to not honour the warranty.

It had happened with three fridges and my houses are not warm. The first one was a Beko.. actually so was the second. ..

Ah yes

http://ths.gardenweb.com/forums/load/wiring/msg0123222028596.html?18

Borzoi

cerastes wrote: »

All I can see is a fridge operated in colder conditions will cycle on/off less and use less electricity, cant see how it gets damaged from colder temps??

When the fridge is in too low an ambient temperature, the refrigerant over condenses resulting in too low a pressure to drive the liquid refrigerant through the capillary coil into the evaporator. So it doesn't work, simples!

Tldr: if fridge environment too cold the fridge wont work

Sclosages

We really should have an abbreviation 'womh' for 'way over my head' techie explanations.

Graces7

Borzoi wrote: »

When the fridge is in too low an ambient temperature, the refrigerant over condenses resulting in too low a pressure to drive the liquid refrigerant through the capillary coil into the evaporator. So it doesn't work, simples!

Tldr: if fridge environment too cold the fridge wont work

ah perfect!
Makes great sense! The old fridge freezer here is by the north facing back door...

corner of hells

Sclosages wrote: »

The fridge has stopped beeping.

Just back away quietly or FCUKIN RUN.

Sclosages

As a complete aside, it never occured to me that fridges might have 'heating up' abilities lol. I figured they just cooled things down and then shut up when all was cold in the hood.

jinkybhoy

Sclosages wrote: »

The fridge has stopped beeping.

Look I don't want to alarm you here especially after the whole cactus mistake but I think you need to disconnect the fridge and bring it to a skip. It is clearly playing a game and will kill you as you sleep tonight...

cerastes

Borzoi wrote: »

When the fridge is in too low an ambient temperature, the refrigerant over condenses resulting in too low a pressure to drive the liquid refrigerant through the capillary coil into the evaporator. So it doesn't work, simples!

Tldr: if fridge environment too cold the fridge wont work

Not heard of it before, Ive just read that the refrigerant can cool too much and can be difficult for the motor to drive, although it can happen in some models and not others that dont have a similar protection. I can see an external stat might operate the compressor motor before it gets too cold and makes it difficult for the motor to pump. I wouldnt have thought it would be a case of the refrigerant getting to too low a pressure as if its condensing Id have thought its a more dense phase, but its possible.
Suggestion for fixing it seem to be having a heat source like a bulb near the compressor but it seems a stat is available to detect low temperature where this might occur. I suppose if the fridge has an operating temp range, you could set it to this and wire it into the motor in parallel to the internal stat, although that might mean relying on the external stat and turning down the internal one or a timed switch instead of an external stat.

Has the fridge blown up yet OP, have you located the manual? what does it say?