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Samsung Iceing Up, temperature high or low

Before today, I thought little glass with its lite out when you pushed "ice off button" meant ice was off, wrong, it means ice making is on!

Today I finally cured my Samsung French Door RF20HFENBSR from continually iceing up, not allowing air to flow, causing both low and high temperatures in freezer.  (Twice I had to throw out all items in freezer.)

I found the answer (not easily) on page 23 of the Refrigerator User Manual.  "So if you don't want to make ice, press the Ice Off button."

The problem is in the fact that the function is off when you push the off button until a glass lights up that is like a glass with two small ice cubes in it.  Actually the two tiny ice cubes are small print, lit up saying "ice off" in the middle of the lit up tiny glass icon.

"OPERATING- When "Ice making" function is selected,ice-making is priority, Then the temperature of freezer will be  lower than the setting temperature.  If you don't need the ice making function, please press the button of "ice off".  Failing to do so might cause noise."

I will add, for sure this will cause iceing up, noise, higher power usage, failure of temp to regulate either high or low depending how iced up it is, as it will now cool to the maximum.

I believe this is so important for all with a Samsung residential refrigerator.  Also your power usage will go up, as set temperature is ignored and freezer temp goes to maximum freezing.

Thank you Roger, a clue to finding this out was your advice to monitoring power usage of refrigerator a year ago.
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Re: Samsung Iceing Up, temperature high or low

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Before this week, I thought little glass with its lite out when you pushed "ice off button" meant ice was off, wrong, it means ice making is on!

Bluetooth phone pictures of two days Samsung refrigerator kwh used in 24 hrs before, iced up, freezer warm, ice light off (ice maker on).  Two days after ice light on, (ice maker off).  Two days at 1.21/1.24 kwhs and two days at 2.35/2.44 kwh usage.

Now I know to check for iceing up by kwh used, also next summer I am adding freezer/refrigerator  temp alarm.
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97 U295 40, Build #5040, 6C8.3 325 HP
Oregon Continuous Traveler
Samsung Residential #RF20HFENBSR,
Xantrex SW2012, (3)AGM8D Hse, (2)AGM Grp24 Eng, Victron BMV-712, 1800w Solar 4 LG & 2 Sunpower
Extreme Full Body Pt w/hdlmps, new furn/floor, 4 down Lexus 2004 GX470 AWD curb weight 4,740 lbs
Prev: 1990 Barth, 10L 300 2 yrs; 91&92 Monaco Signature, 10 yrs, 10L C 300 &  6C8.3 300; 1997 ForeT 6C8.3 325 since May 2017.  Employed by Guaranty RV 14+ yrs.  Former VW New Car Dlr/Service Dlr, Sales Mgr, Rv Sales, and Service Adviser from 1968-2017
"Don't criticize what you can't understand" Bob Dylan