The basic method of defrosting your samsung refrigerator is leaving the door open.
Samsung french door refrigerator forced defrost.
This warm air melts the ice stuck on the walls.
Here s the procedure that ll work for most current samsung refrigerator models.
I have a samsung rf261 french door refrigerator with bottom freezer.
Now this may be a somewhat long process especially if the ice in your refrigerator is thick.
In most cases the inability of the samsung fridge to cool is as a result of having excess ice frosting over the evaporating coils as well as the fan.
Since the refrigerator is turned off opening the door will allow warm air to seep in.
Fridge not cooling 2.
French door refrigerator and defrost issues 2.
If you re troubleshooting a defrosting problem with your samsung refrigerator one of the first things you ll want to do is manually put it into defrost mode so you can use your meter and see if the control board is sending 120vac to the defrost heater.
A few months ago the fan started making noise and i found out from the web that this was a common problem because of ice build up.
A beep will be heard and defrost begins.
To force fridge defrost element to come on press freezer button a second time.
Glass cook surface 1.
Force defrost fan hitting iced over coils making noice when fridge door closed.
Hold both buttons in until display beeps and goes blank.
Therefore one can easily initiate a forced defrost mode by pressing freezer and lighting or energy saver and fridge buttons at the same time for 8 seconds.
When condensation moisture or mold forms between the refrigerator doors or on top of the freezer door this is caused by high humidity energy saving by the refrigerator or incorrect usage.
Refrigerator or freezer doors will not close.
French door side by side 2.
On tabletop control models press the power freeze and fridge buttons simultaneously for about 8 seconds until the display goes blank.
Frozen ice maker 1.
Press both the power freeze and fridge buttons at the same time.