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mbott1701
08-07-07, 01:40 PM
Who else has one of these?
If so, does your's sweat a lot at the dispensing area? Mine seems to have a lot of condensations in that area.

Lee L
08-07-07, 02:12 PM
Yes, ours has a decent amount of condensation there. It is also in the garage which makes it worse due to no A/C.

mbott1701
08-07-07, 02:30 PM
Thanks.
I have mine in my basement where it is cool, but there is still a bunch of condensation. I can only imagine what it would be like in the garage! I guess it's 'normal' for these machines.
I try to keep mine dry as possible, I don't want any mold or anything growing there.

drsimnal
08-09-07, 09:08 PM
Mine's in the basement and I have it set at about halfway on the dial in terms of coldness. It sweats quite a bit too. I've had it for a few years now and no mold issues yet

mbott1701
08-10-07, 09:04 AM
Okay, cool. I'm glad I'm not the only one with this issue. It must just be the nature of the beast. Thanks for the info.

Monoplex
08-30-07, 10:02 PM
Mine didn't. But then again, my controller board went bad and one "no parts available from Maytag" later. . .it went back to Abt for a full refund (love you Abt extended warranty!).

Monoplex
09-07-07, 08:23 PM
Thinking about it a bit more, I did have a service call a year or so ago where the controller board had iced over. I wonder if they're related somehow in their cause.

Ergoguy34
09-07-07, 08:24 PM
Actually my buddy and I were just trying to figure out what is wrong with his, its no longer getting cold but to answer your question no, for the past 3 years it has never sweat a drop..

Lee L
09-12-07, 01:23 PM
For those with problems, have you had the fans turned around? On many of them, they put the fan in backwards which caused freeze-ups and lack of cooling.

I was lucky enough that one time the service guy had ordered a dispensing unit to try to fix something and found that it was something misaligned and he did not need it. He asked if I wanted the dispensing unit (essentially the entire guts of the thing including the controller in one piece and of course, I was like heck yeah) Since then I have not had one single problem though. ;)

mbott1701
09-18-07, 09:27 AM
Now my machine constalnly jams up. I'm using 12oz cans, loaded them as instructed, but it still jams up constantly. Even if one ejects properly, the next time I press the same slot, it will jam. Very frustrating.
I've resorted to just opening up the thing and taking a can out the old fasion way. Defeats the whole purpose of getting one of theses things, though. :(