The short answer
The BCD family is one refrigerator platform whose model numbers share a prefix, and the two complaints that dominate are a cabinet that runs without cooling and water on the floor, both more often the door and the airflow here than the sealed system.
Problems on this family, and where each is answered
- Noise that is new or has changed — Stopping when the door opens puts it inside the cabinet; carrying on puts it at the compressor end - see: Antarctic Star BCD Refrigerator: Abnormal Noise or Vibration. — Slug: antarctic-star-antarctic-star-refrigerator-bcd-refrigerator-abnormal-noise
- Runs, but will not hold temperature — A compressor that never cycles off, with frost on the rear wall meaning airflow and no frost meaning the fan, the door or the charge - see: Antarctic Star BCD Refrigerator: Not Cooling or Not Freezing. — Slug: antarctic-star-antarctic-star-refrigerator-bcd-refrigerator-cooling-failure
- No ice, slow ice, or ice that will not release — A dry mould means no water, a short fill means pressure, and fused ice means release or temperature - see: Antarctic Star BCD Refrigerator: Ice Maker Fault. — Slug: antarctic-star-antarctic-star-refrigerator-bcd-refrigerator-ice-production
- Water inside the cabinet or on the floor — Front edge is the defrost drain, the back is the pan or a fitting, a dry interior means the skin is sweating - see: Antarctic Star BCD Refrigerator: Water Leak. — Slug: antarctic-star-antarctic-star-refrigerator-bcd-refrigerator-water-leak
Problem classes in frequency order here
- Runs, but will not hold temperature — First here, and the widest set of causes: a seal, a stalled defrost and a start device all present the same way.
- Water inside the cabinet or on the floor — Second, and almost always downstream of a blocked drain or a seal letting humid air in, which is why so much of it is fixed for nothing.
- Noise that is new or has changed — Third: on cabinets this light the installation causes most noise complaints, and those are the cheapest to resolve.
- No ice, slow ice, or ice that will not release — Last, and only on models carrying the hardware, where the fault is usually on the water side rather than the maker.
Models in the BCD family
Reference| Model number | Family key |
|---|---|
| BCD-120B/2T | antarctic-star:refrigerator:bcd |
| BCD-127B | antarctic-star:refrigerator:bcd |
| BCD-606WI | antarctic-star:refrigerator:bcd |
| BCD-70 | antarctic-star:refrigerator:bcd |
| BCD-87 | antarctic-star:refrigerator:bcd |
| BCD-90-E | antarctic-star:refrigerator:bcd |
Where faults land on this family — Ordering only: no sampled denominator backs it, so no share figure is given.
General guidance| Area | Relative frequency |
|---|---|
| Door seal, airflow, defrost path | most common |
| Drain path and condensation | common |
| Fans, start device, thermostat | less common |
| Sealed system and compressor | least common |
Owner job, or service call
Owner work here is the seal, the level, the clearance, the drain and the frost load; call a technician once the fault is on the sealed system, when the compressor knocks or a start device clicks without settling, or when the cabinet will not hold temperature after being defrosted, sealed and given clearance.
Other families of this brand
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