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|| [[ attachment:IMG_0105.JPG | {{ attachment:IMG_0105.JPG | | height=50 }} ]] || Basement: AC Infinity fan and sound baffle to floor vent above. Thermocouple attached to sheet metal duct. Currently running at full speed, much quieter at partial speed, but refrigerator runs too hot. || || [[ attachment:IMG_0104.JPG | {{ attachment:IMG_0104.JPG | | height=50 }} ]] || Basement: Duct connection to refrigerator floor vent. <<BR>><<BR>>~-''FYI Samsung engineers: Not relevant to the refrigerator, but the blue device on the lower right is a medical grade isolation transformer for my electronics workbench, isolating line voltage hot and neutral for workbench safety. Thermally isolated from the vent above, with cooling air blown towards the far right, away from the refrigerator vent intake. Your workbench should have this. ''-~ || |
Samsung Refrigerator
- Samsung RT18M 6213 WW/AA
- Compressor MSV4A1AL1R/TT3
- 0F364DBKB00391P
Problem
- Even at "5 bars", refrigerator compartment won't cool more than 40 degrees below room temperature (can be 85F in August)
- "Power Cool" temporarily lowers temperature more
More information
- In wooden kitchen compartment 33 inches wide, 68 inches high, 27 inches deep, with 3 inch space in back
- Hot garage behind back wall - aluminum foil on wall minimizes radiant heat.
- extra open space inside the back refrigerator compartment surrounding round black vent
- Refrigerator very quiet - expecting more compressor noise
- Draws 3 to 100 watts, monitored with "Kill-a-Watt" digital meter
- Freezer compartment works fine at two bars, opened twice per day, often to access "power cool"
Added a 300 cubic/foot per minute floor vent blowing air at lower back left side
- floor vent reduces maximum temperature excursion by 4F, but vent fan is noisy and consumes 40 more watts
Usage
- Mostly use refrigerator for fresh food, dairy and lots of vegetables
- Don't use ice or icemaker, not many frozen foods
Purchase and Warranty
Purchased 2019 July 9 for $648 from Home Depot 4401 SW 110th Ave Beaverton OR 97005
- delivered 2019 July 22
- added 3 year protection plan $90 ... but Home Depot doesn't answer phone within 40 minutes
Photos taken on 80 fahrenheit July morning - Click for larger view
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Thermocouple temperatures, top is left compartment wall, bottom is interior upper glass shelf |
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Inside of compartment. Thermocouple on "stovetop wall", 300 cfm vent at bottom, power routed through Kill-A-Watt meter, foil radiant barrier and 3 inch styrofoam ball spacer in back |
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Kill-A-Watt meter feeding power to refrigerator. Can exceed 100 watts during "Power Cool", usually runs below 3 watts |
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Basement: AC Infinity fan and sound baffle to floor vent above. Thermocouple attached to sheet metal duct. Currently running at full speed, much quieter at partial speed, but refrigerator runs too hot. |
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Basement: Duct connection to refrigerator floor vent. |
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Vents at back bottom of refrigerator. No detectable sound, no air blows in or out |
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Close-up of left back vent. What's that strange bit of light brown foam just inside the vent? |
Note 1: I have a rope taped around the back for rolling the refrigerator out of the compartment. The force bears on the edges of side panels, not the back panel or the door. Much safer than the hand truck used by the delivery people; I don't know what might be damaged underneath.