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DIY & Home Improvement

leftieNanner

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2. You might want to clean out underneath

Reply to no_hypocrisy (Original post)

Tue Jul 21, 2020, 04:33 PM

Jul 2020

If you have pets in the house, sometimes the hair gets in under the fridge and messes with the cooling abilities. I had that problem a while back (German Shepherd in the house) and after removing the grill and vacuuming out the fuzz, it was running fine.

Just a thought.

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My refrigerator is running very warm. [View all] no_hypocrisy Jul 2020 OP

We had to get a new heating element underpants Jul 2020 #1

One of those ironies of life....heating element on a refrigerator dubious Nov 2020 #10

You might want to clean out underneath leftieNanner Jul 2020 #2

This!! Ferrets are Cool Jul 2020 #4

Have you cleaned off the coils lately? mahina Jul 2020 #3

What's the air temperature in the room? NT mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2020 #5

Yeah it would be working harder if the room temp is up. captain queeg Jul 2020 #6

The fridge gets its coolness from the freezer and there is an opening... Patterson Jul 2020 #7

could be death throes. pansypoo53219 Jul 2020 #8

Ours quit a while back. Turned out it was just a small part of it's computer (I guess). Karadeniz Jul 2020 #9

I the refrigerator inserts into a space, you may want to pull it a little out of Blue_true Dec 2020 #11

Thanks. no_hypocrisy Dec 2020 #12

I don't know whether it is modern quality or not. Blue_true Dec 2020 #13