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[desertdispatch]

I have come to learn that a refridgerator gets its cold air from freezer compartment.

It has always been my assumption that with my sxs unit each compartment produces it's own cold air. It is now my understanding that the freezer side produces the cold air and tramsfers it to the rest of the fridge via vents. If that is correct I would now believe that turning the control dial to the coldest setting would open the vents so that a max amount of cold air would transfer, and thus turning the dial to the warmest setting would close the vents to prevent cold air transfer. Am I right so far?

I was reading a DIY appliance repair book and looking under fridge problems it lists a problem of "Refridgerator too cold." The first possible cause they list for the problem is the control dial is set too high. For a fridge to warm they suggest the dial is possibly set too low. How could this make sense? Assuming everything is in working order with the fridge how could this be so? Now maybe i misinterpreted something but this does not seem logical. So for an otherwise properly working fridge would setting the control dial to a warmer setting make the fridge compartment too cold? or vise versa? Maybe someone could explain this. I guess I am confused why they would list this as the first possible cause.


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[RegUS_PatOff]

[QUOTE=desertdispatch]...I have come to learn for example that a refridgerator gets its cold air from freezer compartment.[/QUOTE]Actually, there is no such thing as "cold", it's the absence of "heat", but that's another story...

...It has always been my assumption that with my sxs unit each compartment produces it's own cold air... It is on some expensive brands... SubZero... (separate Compressors)

...It is now my understanding that the freezer side produces the cold air and tramsfers it to the rest of the fridge via vents. If that is correct I would now believe that turning the control dial to the coldest setting would open the vents so that a max amount of cold air would transfer, and thus turning the dial to the warmest setting would close the vents to prevent cold air transfer. Am I right so far?...Yes, but it's a mechanical Thermostatic (adjust the temperature at which it opens) Air-Damper

...I was reading a DIY appliance repair book and looking under fridge problems it lists a problem of "Refridgerator too cold." The first possible cause they list for the problem is the control dial is set too low. For a fridge to warm they suggest the dial is possibly set too high. How could this make sense? ... "control dial is set too low" = control dial is set too low temperature

[desertdispatch]

I edited my original post. Ok, ok my bad. But for a fridge to cold they suggested the temp was set to high...or visa versa. I wrote it backwards but that is what I meant.

[RegUS_PatOff]

unless they meant "too high a number" on the Cold Control (which may be 1=Warm and 9 = Colder) (some brands)

[desertdispatch]

hey im just here trying to learn. if I knew what I was doing I wouldnt be here. :) I like this web site.