--- title: "It is freezing what is inside it" description: "U-Line it is freezing what is inside it — frozen cans, a slushy bottle, or ice forming on the back wall of something that should never freeze." url: "https://ulinemiami.support/symptoms/beverage-center-freezing-contents/" date_modified: "2026-08-29" Appliance type: "Beverage centers, Undercounter refrigerators, Wine coolers" --- # U-Line it is freezing what is inside it ### Check the set point before anything else It is the maker's own first answer for frozen product: the control is set too cold. On a cabinet with a UI that is easy to nudge, and in a household where somebody has been adjusting it, this is worth ruling out before a technician is called. ### Too cold is a failure too Frozen cans and slushy bottles get reported less often than a warm cabinet and are just as much a symptom. On this control the list is short, and the first item on it is not a failure at all: somebody has adjusted the set point, or the panel was unlocked and got leaned on. ### When it is the sensor A thermistor that has gone open stops answering and the control knows. A thermistor that has gone short answers wrongly, and a control acting on a wrong reading will happily overcool a cabinet all week. U-Line logs those separately, as E5 and E6, which is why reading the log is worth more here than guessing. The set point Adjusted down by somebody, or by accident on an unlocked panel. Free to check and free to fix. A thermistor reading wrong rather than not at all A shorted sensor reads out of range, and a control acting on a wrong reading will overcool. The maker logs it as E5 or E6. Loading against the cold wall In a fifteen-inch cabinet, product pressed against the evaporator wall freezes while the rest of the cabinet is right. It looks like a control problem and is not. Defrost not running Interval and duration are settings. A cabinet that never defrosts builds ice on the wall and freezes what is against it. Read the set point The maker's own first answer for frozen product is a control set too cold, and on an unlocked panel that is easy to do by leaning on it. Move things away from the back wall In a fifteen-inch cabinet, product against the evaporator wall freezes while the rest of the cabinet is right. Measure in the middle of the cabinet Not against a wall and not in the door. The middle is what the control is trying to hold. Look for ice on the rear wall A build-up there points at defrost rather than at the set point. Too cold is a failure too What it usually means Cans freezing at the back Bottles slushy in the morning Ice forming on the rear wall Check the set point before anything else It is the maker's own first answer for frozen product: the control is set too cold. On a cabinet with a UI that is easy to nudge, and in a household where somebody has been adjusting it, this is worth ruling out before a technician is called. Too cold is a failure too Frozen cans and slushy bottles get reported less often than a warm cabinet and are just as much a symptom. On this control the list is short, and the first item on it is not a failure at all: somebody has adjusted the set point, or the panel was unlocked and got leaned on. When it is the sensor A thermistor that has gone open stops answering and the control knows. A thermistor that has gone short answers wrongly, and a control acting on a wrong reading will happily overcool a cabinet all week. U-Line logs those separately, as E5 and E6, which is why reading the log is worth more here than guessing. ### Only the cans at the back freeze. That is loading rather than the control. The coldest surface in a small cabinet is the evaporator wall, and anything pressed against it will freeze while the middle of the cabinet is correct. ### Can I just set it warmer? As a workaround, yes, and if that fixes it the set point was the problem. If you have to keep raising it to stop things freezing, the control is not reading the cabinet correctly and that is worth a look. --- **[Read full article: It is freezing what is inside it](https://ulinemiami.support/symptoms/beverage-center-freezing-contents/)**