locoboy
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| posted on 7/11/10 at 12:38 PM |
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Have i knackered my fridge?
I have one of these fridge freezerslinky
I was defrosting the freezer section with an ice scraper and i punctured the ally skin inside the freezer compartment and the refridgerant started to
escape!
Is this sort of damage repairable these days or is it a new fridge freezer ?
Cheers - oh i got one hell of a bollocking and a big 'I told you so' in reference to melting it to defrost it! 
ATB
Locoboy
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mangogrooveworkshop
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| posted on 7/11/10 at 12:43 PM |
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you are a smeghead!
unless you can get parts its done
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Humbug
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| posted on 7/11/10 at 12:45 PM |
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You're not the first (man) to do that and you won't be the last... mind you I've only done it the once 
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Surrey Dave
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| posted on 7/11/10 at 12:49 PM |
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Yep!
I did that a couple of months ago 'saving time' with a hammer and chisel!!! Really!
No I wouldn't use the above tools on a fridge of that value!
[Edited on 7/11/10 by Surrey Dave]
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big_wasa
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| posted on 7/11/10 at 12:50 PM |
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Yep ive done it but not to a fridge of that value. Mine went to the tip.
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l0rd
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| posted on 7/11/10 at 01:06 PM |
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Hair dryer or even better a heat gun if you have one.
Don't know if you can repair it.
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Danozeman
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| posted on 7/11/10 at 01:14 PM |
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Its had it. I did it using a knife to defrost mine. Just after id been shopping a bought a load of frozen food!! Im aging the bollocking i got.
Best way is to turn it off over night with the door open.
Dan
Built the purple peril!! Let the modifications begin!!
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splitrivet
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| posted on 7/11/10 at 01:17 PM |
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Banjaxed it I'm afraid, years ago when I was a fridge engineer there were a few repair kits to fix this sort of damage but I never had any joy.
Once the gas escapes moisture gets into the system and no amount of vac pumping gets it out and gives a long term fix.
Might be worth calling a local Smeg repair guy and finding the cost of a new evaporator with fitting.
Cheers,
Bob
I used to be a Werewolf but I'm alright nowwoooooooooooooo
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BenB
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| posted on 7/11/10 at 01:19 PM |
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I've also done that  Defrosted my ex GFs fridge with a chisel. Whoops.
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karlak
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| posted on 7/11/10 at 01:27 PM |
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Why was there Ice to scrape away. It says from the link it is Frost Free. Never had any Ice build up with our frost free fridges.
Type: Free Standing Retro Style Fridge Freezer
Model: Frost Free
Colour: Silver
MK Indy - 2litre Duratec - Omex 600 - Jenvey throttle bodies - ETB DigiDash2
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austin man
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| posted on 7/11/10 at 01:52 PM |
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I used to use a steamer to defrost ours. I would say its booolixed could probably have it soldered but not sture whether anyone would regas it
Life is like a bowl of fruit, funny how all the weird looking ones are left alone
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RazMan
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| posted on 7/11/10 at 02:39 PM |
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My wife is a serial fridge killer - she's killed 2 of 'em in that way and they were both stone dead by the time she was finished! I try
not to leave her alone with sharp objects now
Cheers,
Raz
When thinking outside the box doesn't work any more, it's time to build a new box
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mangogrooveworkshop
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| posted on 7/11/10 at 03:07 PM |
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If it was icing up the drain could be blocked with crap......but its dead......so thats a thing of the past
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MakeEverything
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| posted on 7/11/10 at 05:12 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by karlak
Why was there Ice to scrape away. It says from the link it is Frost Free. Never had any Ice build up with our frost free fridges.
Type: Free Standing Retro Style Fridge Freezer
Model: Frost Free
Colour: Silver
Frost is different to "Ice" apparently. Ive had that argument before.
Skip it. Youll not get it repaired within a reasonable budget for a new one.
Kindest Regards,
Richard.
...You can make it foolProof, but youll never make it Idiot Proof!...
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