What this family is
The table below is the whole of the A family, and every number in it is one of compact manual-defrost refrigerators. There is no automatic defrost here, so a frost slab on the evaporator plate and a knocked cold control lead everything else.
What goes wrong on these models, and where each fault is covered
- Not cooling, or not holding temperature — A thermometer left overnight reads above where it should be, whatever the control says. — Slug: avalon-avalon-refrigerator-a-refrigerator-cooling-failure — Title: Avalon A Refrigerator: Not Cooling or Not Freezing
- Ice maker fault, or no ice at all — Slow, hollow or absent ice, which on most numbers here is a temperature question rather than an ice-maker one. — Slug: avalon-avalon-refrigerator-a-refrigerator-ice-production — Title: Avalon A Refrigerator: Ice Maker Fault
- Water inside the cabinet or on the floor — Water inside the cabinet floor, behind the cabinet, or under it, and the three mean different things. — Slug: avalon-avalon-refrigerator-a-refrigerator-water-leak — Title: Avalon A Refrigerator: Water Leak
- Noise or vibration — Something that follows the compressor cycle exactly, or something that plainly does not. — Slug: avalon-avalon-refrigerator-a-refrigerator-abnormal-noise — Title: Avalon A Refrigerator: Abnormal Noise or Vibration
Problem classes in frequency order on the A family
- Not cooling, or not holding temperature — Leads on the A numbers, because there is no automatic defrost here, so a frost slab on the evaporator plate and a knocked cold control lead everything else.
- Ice maker fault, or no ice at all — Uncommon, and dominated by supply and temperature rather than by the ice maker itself.
- Water inside the cabinet or on the floor — Common on cold-storage cabinets, and nearly always condensate the machine made deliberately and then failed to route away.
- Noise or vibration — Frequent, and the class with the highest proportion of calls that end with nothing replaced.
Models in the A family — The models this profile covers.
Reference| Model number | Family key |
|---|---|
| A1-1.6CFSDBLK | avalon:refrigerator:a |
| A1-1.6CFSDSS | avalon:refrigerator:a |
| A1-3.1CFDDBLK | avalon:refrigerator:a |
| A1-3.1CFDDSS | avalon:refrigerator:a |
Relative frequency by problem class — Ordering, not a measured share: no counted denominator exists for this family.
General guidance| problem class | where it sits on this family |
|---|---|
| Not cooling, or not holding temperature | leads |
| Ice maker fault, or no ice at all | mid-list |
| Water inside the cabinet or on the floor | mid-list |
| Noise or vibration | least often |
What is owner work on these models
Everything reachable with the machine closed is owner work here, which means seals, set points, levelling, the condenser and the space around the cabinet. What is not is the rear panel and the sealed refrigerant circuit.
Nearest pages of this class
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