The invention particularly relates to a mechanical single-
system refrigerator and a control method. A mechanical single-
system refrigerator comprises a refrigerating
system, a storage space and an
electric control system, the refrigerating system comprises a compressor, a condenser, a throttling component, a
refrigeration evaporator and a cold supply loop of a freezing
evaporator which are connected through pipelines, the storage space comprises a
refrigeration chamber and a
freezing chamber, and the
electric control system is provided with a press connecting
branch. The mechanical single-system refrigerator further comprises a compensation heating
branch connected with the press connecting
branch in parallel. The compensation heating branch comprises a compensation heating wire used for conducting temperature compensation on the refrigerating chamber and a dual-
mode change-over switch connected with the compensation heating wire in series. The low-temperature compensation heating mode is used for conducting compensation heating when the environment temperature of the refrigerator is low. The compensation heating branch is connected with the press connecting branch in parallel, the dual-
mode change-over switch forms two different connecting branches, and the device has the advantages of being convenient to implement, easy to transform and capable of reducing cost.