Not sure where to post but I guess weird devices should cover it.
Our hotpoint rl175x fridge has been playing up lately turning itself on and off. Would stay on a few hours then turn off a few hours and had started spoiling food. Lots of moisture.
So before ordering a new one thought i'd see if I can try a fix. So after a bit of googling I've replaced the thermostat as was a cheap part and worth the gamble.
Anyhow it's now running for a while and turning itself off but turning on again rather quickly (not a few hours off as it was before) time will tell if it still spoils food or not but hoping that's a good sign.
My question is, is this normal behaviour, my assumption is once up to temp as a power saving feature the thermostat shuts itself off and when temp drops a little turns on again?
Ive got it plugged into my kill o wat so can see it runs at about 80wats then when it switches off reads 0.05w
Our hotpoint rl175x fridge has been playing up lately turning itself on and off. Would stay on a few hours then turn off a few hours and had started spoiling food. Lots of moisture.
So before ordering a new one thought i'd see if I can try a fix. So after a bit of googling I've replaced the thermostat as was a cheap part and worth the gamble.
Anyhow it's now running for a while and turning itself off but turning on again rather quickly (not a few hours off as it was before) time will tell if it still spoils food or not but hoping that's a good sign.
My question is, is this normal behaviour, my assumption is once up to temp as a power saving feature the thermostat shuts itself off and when temp drops a little turns on again?
Ive got it plugged into my kill o wat so can see it runs at about 80wats then when it switches off reads 0.05w
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