Hi all,
I am the "proud" owner of a just turned 13 (teenage) Fisher and Paykel N388 full food freezer made in Cleveland, Queensland, Australia. My dilemma is:
Temperature recovery issues after defrost. You see, the trouble is, either this thing's refrigeration system is shot (unlikely, since it's partner fridge runs really well still - and I mean REALLY WELL) or is terribly undersized, since the freezer takes, no joke, at least 6 hours to recover from a defrost cycle with defrosts occurring every 12 hour of actual compressor operation.
The freezer is set on it's manufacturer setting of "4" (Runs from "Off" - "7"), and does manage to cycle enough to delay each defrost by around 2 hours each time during the winter months only, when indoor temps are between 68ºF-77ºF/20ºC-25ºC inside the house. In freezer lives indoors year round.
During the winter, the humidity levels are low, and so immediately after defrost, there is barely any water inside the defrost pan. So I'm wondering, are there NOS or spare defrost timers available that will run at 24 hour intervals, or I will I have to "make my own" timer system based on two power-point style, heavy duty timers? Or, should I just turn the timer through the defrost just before each cycle, to delay it only when necessary?
My other option, is to set the temperature warmer, since we don't really store food for really long periods of time, and have a backup chest freezer should we come into issues with blackouts (etc.), since during the Summer, the coldest the freezer gets is really only about -18ºC/0ºF, which is about the 2-3 position on the thermostat.
Would it be preferable for the freezer to just run more rather than less, since I hear that stop and starts can be bad for the freezer (although, it generally runs around 20 minutes per cycle, because the thermostat seems to be just a little "slow" pushing into the "cycled off" region, from my dial-turning experience).
Any help would be greatly appreciated!
My only other issue is this: The freezer is frost-free (as mentioned above), but the freezer continues to GROW A GLACIER in the bottom right hand corner of the freezer. See the picture below!
I am the "proud" owner of a just turned 13 (teenage) Fisher and Paykel N388 full food freezer made in Cleveland, Queensland, Australia. My dilemma is:
Temperature recovery issues after defrost. You see, the trouble is, either this thing's refrigeration system is shot (unlikely, since it's partner fridge runs really well still - and I mean REALLY WELL) or is terribly undersized, since the freezer takes, no joke, at least 6 hours to recover from a defrost cycle with defrosts occurring every 12 hour of actual compressor operation.
The freezer is set on it's manufacturer setting of "4" (Runs from "Off" - "7"), and does manage to cycle enough to delay each defrost by around 2 hours each time during the winter months only, when indoor temps are between 68ºF-77ºF/20ºC-25ºC inside the house. In freezer lives indoors year round.
During the winter, the humidity levels are low, and so immediately after defrost, there is barely any water inside the defrost pan. So I'm wondering, are there NOS or spare defrost timers available that will run at 24 hour intervals, or I will I have to "make my own" timer system based on two power-point style, heavy duty timers? Or, should I just turn the timer through the defrost just before each cycle, to delay it only when necessary?
My other option, is to set the temperature warmer, since we don't really store food for really long periods of time, and have a backup chest freezer should we come into issues with blackouts (etc.), since during the Summer, the coldest the freezer gets is really only about -18ºC/0ºF, which is about the 2-3 position on the thermostat.
Would it be preferable for the freezer to just run more rather than less, since I hear that stop and starts can be bad for the freezer (although, it generally runs around 20 minutes per cycle, because the thermostat seems to be just a little "slow" pushing into the "cycled off" region, from my dial-turning experience).
Any help would be greatly appreciated!
My only other issue is this: The freezer is frost-free (as mentioned above), but the freezer continues to GROW A GLACIER in the bottom right hand corner of the freezer. See the picture below!
