I had the problem that the freezer section appeared to defrost, whereas the fridge section was okay. The KGV2822 was in an outside garage and showed the problem during this unusually cold spell (-2C). I couple of minute search on Google gave me the answer below. My thanks to KGV2822, you saved the day.
I moved the unit indoors and opened the fridge door to allow it to warm up a while. Shortly after, the compressor started, and began to share it's cooling between the freezer and fridge again. Normal service was restored.
As was previously pointed out. This is a basic design, with one compressor, and the whole thing is governed by one thermostat - which happens to be the fridge thermostat!
I never tried the technique of switching the fridge light to dim mode when the door is closed. Maybe this works, it's worth trying before lugging it indoors.
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On the Bosch KGV2822 there is a switch near the bulb, the manual says to use this switch if the fridge/freezer is in a location less than eighteen degrees celcius (i.e. if kept in a garage, or a cool house etc etc).
This switch allows the internal light to be lit at a low wattage even when the door is shut (presumably overriding the thermostat if located in a cold environment).
If you keep this Fridge in an external location, the internal light must be allowed to come on when the door is shut (even if only at a lower wattage).
e.g. if you located the fridge/freezer in a garage, and during winter the internal fridge thermostat was set to say three degrees, and if the garage temperature was two degrees ambient then because there is only one compressor feeding both the fridge and freezer it will assume it has met the preset three degrees, shut down the compressor and the freezer will start to defrost. If the Fridge/freezer is located in a house it shouldn't every reach the two degrees ambient, under normal circumstances???????
Malc, December 2008
