Oh no. My freezer smells funny and it looks like smoke is in it
#1
I opened the door to get something out and it smelled funny, like a motor burning up. I noticed a lot of what looks like smoke but it's white just like the frost that normally comes out-only it's coming out continuously and normally it only comes out for a few seconds after I open the door. DH is going to have a conniption. It's 11 yrs old so I guess we did get a few good years out of it but now I'll be worrying about it all night. UGH UGH UGH.
#4
I can't tell for sure. I'm sure that smoky looking stuff isn't supposed to keep flowing out right? I can barely smell it now but it's still running. The temp is well above zero so it may have just finished a defrost cycle (I wish I knew the darn timing for those-I always panic that something is wrong with it when it's actually defrosting). I just know when dh comes home he won't be able to smell it. They've been picking corn all afternoon so his nose will be full of dust or something...
#8
Well it's not doing it now. It's running but there's no excess frost/smoke and no smell whatsoever. DH is not concerned-he can't smell it (I can't either, anymore) and says because the house is so hot that's why it's running so long and why there was so much frost. This thing is old enough that it worries me that it's past its prime. DH is in a complete state of denial so I guess I will let it die, let all the food rot, and then we'll deal with it.
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Originally Posted by gale
I opened the door to get something out and it smelled funny, like a motor burning up. I noticed a lot of what looks like smoke but it's white just like the frost that normally comes out-only it's coming out continuously and normally it only comes out for a few seconds after I open the door. DH is going to have a conniption. It's 11 yrs old so I guess we did get a few good years out of it but now I'll be worrying about it all night. UGH UGH UGH.
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