Compressor is running but the fridge or freezer isn't getting cold enough
New or louder buzzing/humming noise from the fridge freezer
Build-up of ice on the back or sides of the freezer compartment
Ice maker or water dispenser doesn't work, even though the fridge is cooling normally
Repeated rapid clicking noise from the fridge freezer
Water pooling underneath or in front of the fridge freezer
Before mechanical refrigeration, keeping food cold meant an icebox — a cabinet cooled by a large block of ice, delivered regularly and gradually melting away. The idea of a machine generating its own cold, on demand, indefinitely, is barely more than a century old in ordinary homes. From commercial ice to home refrigeration Mechanical refrigeration […]