dougrainer wrote:
Once you have ANY blockage small or large or complete, Burping the refer(removing and standing on its side or top for 24 hours and then reinstalling,DOES NOT FIX THE CONDITION. It will allow some cooling a little better than before burping, but the problem is still there and after a few days/weeks the original blockage problem will diminish cooling. As I stated, the blockage is as hard as a weld and the cooling unit tube at the top must be cut off and a new upper tube welded in place and then recharge. Doug
Makes sense and I believe you.
Seems important to do what we can to avoid the incremental blockage as much as possible to help extend the life of the cooling unit.
I had one cooling unit fail about 2 years ago. I replaced the cooling unit myself with an Amish built one and it has been functioning great ever since (...much colder than my other refrigerators). I do not know the root cause of the failure in that cooling unit. There was no leaking ammonium that I could see or smell. The boiler worked and heated fine, but it just stopped cooling. Blockage perhaps?
-Chris
