> Modern fridges have a defrost cycle built in which does this automatically.
I believe you. The point is this doesn't work very well. It's a pretty common complaint with the model.
> Are you by any chance in a high humidity location or running the fridge without adequate ventilation?
Eh, I have AC and a dehumidifier. The humidity is well under control inside my house.
As for ventilation, the refrigerator is in the only place you could possibly put a refrigerator in my kitchen. If it's not designed to work for that placement, then Samsung has no business being in the refrigerator business.
> You could possibly ask the service staff to adjust the thing to make it run more frequently, or request a replacement controller.
I am the service staff. I'm sure I could spend a good chunk of money on this. I'd rather not. I don't enjoy it, but manually defrosting the coils every eight months beats handing a couple hundy to a service person.
Issue is with controllers is that you can't manually defrost anymore.
They rely on boards like you said, or thermistors that only close when cold to turn on the defrost coil.
Look up if your fridge has an actual manual defrost method(rather than your 'manual' defrost). Some of them are rather absurd. But if you're lucky enough to have one you can simply force extra defrosts when it's real hot/fridge being opened often instead of having to pull the shroud and manually do it.
First Test Method:
Turn the thermostat off for 15 seconds.
Turn the thermostat on for 5 seconds.
Turn the thermostat off for 15 seconds.
Turn the thermostat on for 5 seconds.
Turn the thermostat off for 15 seconds.
Turn the thermostat on for 5 seconds.
Turn the thermostat off.*
If I follow you, you're suggesting I look up some of the obscure button sequences to press to force some hidden behavior? We did that early on and didn't get great results.
I wonder if the drain is clogged or otherwise not working well, leading to more water in the air that ends up freezing on the fan.
My freezer drain would clog with ice, after a couple manual defrost cycles, I figured out the resistance heater that's supposed to keep the drain from freezing was just a little bit misaligned, a slight bend and it hasn't clogged since.
I believe you. The point is this doesn't work very well. It's a pretty common complaint with the model.
> Are you by any chance in a high humidity location or running the fridge without adequate ventilation?
Eh, I have AC and a dehumidifier. The humidity is well under control inside my house.
As for ventilation, the refrigerator is in the only place you could possibly put a refrigerator in my kitchen. If it's not designed to work for that placement, then Samsung has no business being in the refrigerator business.
> You could possibly ask the service staff to adjust the thing to make it run more frequently, or request a replacement controller.
I am the service staff. I'm sure I could spend a good chunk of money on this. I'd rather not. I don't enjoy it, but manually defrosting the coils every eight months beats handing a couple hundy to a service person.