Help With My Sick Keezer

[mbg]

My keezer has served me well. Yesterday I pressure transferred two beers into kegs. The lid was open for maybe an hour but nothing different than what I have done in the past. I did notice a large hunk of ice near the front/top/inside of the freezer. I knocked it off and closed the lid and moved on. A few hours later I checked the temperature and it was 65F and seemed not to be moving. The compressor is running. I saw online to try first to shut it down and let it sit for 24 hours to let it thaw out in case it is internally froze up. I did this and fired it up this morning and in 7 hours it gone from 70F to 62F. It's only reducing about 0.5F per hour right now.

I see lots of help for units that have stopped working but not much for ill performing ones. This is a Frigidaire/Electrolux FFC13C3AW3 chest freezer - think 13 to 15cuft. Any help appreciated.

 

[day_trippr]

Given the symptoms and especially the ice build up near the top I'd put my money on loss of refrigerant. You could try recharging it with the proper refrigerant but the odds are it's going to leak out over time again. I kept my 2nd keezer alive for almost 6 months doing transfusions like that until I got my 3rd keezer up and running...

Cheers!