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Sub-Zero Appliance Repair · Bellevue

PRO Series · Note 01

Fogging on a PRO Glass Door

Fog on a PRO glass door is condensation, and the face it forms on shows where the moisture came from. Sub-Zero accepts some sweating in a humid room, inside or out, but not water that drips. Mist that lingers with the door shut sends us to the gasket first. Sub-Zero Appliance Repair Bellevue, (425) 696-2636.

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Meter probes across an exposed control board below a stainless glass-door cabinet, a work light standing on the floor
Below a glass door: the board, the wiring and a work light.

Which face of the glass

  • The room side. Mist on the outer face forms where warm, damp kitchen air meets cold glass. Sub-Zero allows some sweating of this kind, above all in homes without air conditioning, and draws the line at dripping.
  • The cabinet side. Mist on the inner face means moist air has reached the inside. After a door has stood open, Sub-Zero treats that as normal, and it should clear once the door stays shut.
  • Neither face. A haze no cloth moves from either side is not surface condensation, and we look at the glass door assembly itself.

What we rule out, in order

Sub-Zero’s sequence for sweating is short: temperatures set correctly, condenser clean, then service if the moisture continues or drips. We start there, reading the set points against the 38°F and 0°F presets and inspecting the condenser behind the grille.

Then the door. A gasket corner that has lost its grip lets room air in all day, and the paper strip finds that run. A door settled on its hinges does the same from a different cause, so the door line is measured before a gasket is ordered.

Knowing which glass it is

A G in the model number marks a glass door, as in PRO3650G or PRO4850G, and the model key also lists an A or HAG code for a high-altitude glass door. Any part we order matches the tag.

Asked about this

Is a little fog on a PRO glass door normal?

Some, yes. Sub-Zero says light sweating can happen in hot or humid rooms, on the inside of a glass-door refrigerator as well, and a door held open fogs for a while. Dripping water is not normal, nor is mist that returns each time the door shuts. Sub-Zero Appliance Repair Bellevue, (425) 696-2636.

Where this sits

Back to PRO Series

PRO3650, PRO3650G, PRO4850, PRO4850G: the series this note belongs to.

Describe what the door is doing and where it catches. That is usually enough to tell what the visit needs.