| If you got an starving evaporator in an old domestic refrigerator, you have three options. 1.- Re-charge the unit. It's cheap and you will have the refrigerator cooling efficiently in the next 30 minutes for at least 3 years. Now if you want, any way, to fix the leak or replace it, don't rush, you have all the time to do it. 2.-Find where the leak is and fix it. Good choice if you have time to expend and are good enough to do it. It was not the intention of this video to discuss this point. 3.- Replace it. The best recommended option if you are going to be the user for the next 10 years Refrigerators that are not cooling sufficiently , running constantly, with freezer temperatures between +20F to +35F degrees, and unable to make ice or keep ice cream hard, are frequently discarded if no problems are found with coils , cold controls, fans, worn-out motors, etc. GE refrigerators with this symptom most likely have starving evaporators, meaning, the amount of gas in the system is low. Charging gas (134a) is inexpensive ($3.00 or less per charge), fast (30 min average) |
