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Originally Posted by rsl
... The thing that confused me was why did the freezer stay nice and cold but not the fridge???
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That's an easy one: The "cooling plate" for the entire refrigerator sits on the floor (in some models also on the rear wall) of the freezer. The fins in the refrigerator section are a part of that "freezer plate" and they offer "left over cold air" that drops by gravity in the refrigerator compartment.
So, by design, the bulk of the cooling goes to the freezer plate and "left over cold" flows to the refrigerator fins. The means the freezer is the first to get cooling temps and the last to lose it.
Just as it's cool "under the air conditioner vent" and warm in the bedroom, the same "general condition" exists in your refrigerator.