My Hotpoint side by side fridge is not cooling well… The freezer stays cold, all food in freezer is solid as rock and the icemaker is full to the top and works perfectly. I did some reading here and checked a few things. I removed the back panel from the freezer and the coils have very little build-up and the defrost light checks fine. I put everything back together and moved to fridge side. I removed the cover over the damper door and checked and the opening is clear between freezer and fridge, but the door does not seem to stay open very long. When I moved the fridge control from 4 to 5 the door did power open and when I pressed the door switch to simulate the door being closed the fan in the freezer started and I could feel nice cool air being blown in. However, it I close the door and check it an hour or so later, the damper door is closed while the temp is still warm in the fridge… between 45-55. If I leave it several hours (5-6 hours or overnight) the fridge will get down to 40-42 but as soon as you open it a time or two, it will not get down to that temp again during the day. I have tried all the settings from 9 down to 1 (9 being coldest setting) and it does not help. 4 seems to be the best setting for at least a little cooling. Does the control rotary switch house the temp sensor and control the damper door? I also cleaned the condenser coil in back of the unit, but it did not seem to help anything.
The part number you need is going to be WR09X10050. This is for the damper assembly, but while you are at it change out part number WR55X10150. this is the part that controls the damper and more than likely if one fails the other will be soon to follow
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Encoder pt # WR55X10150
damper assembly pt # WR09X10050
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SOURCE: Freezer works fine refridgerator does not
anan, I think your display is giving you a code on these LG. See if you can find the tech sheet behind the toe panel. On your display panel from memory, 3 led's lit from the left means a failed defrost thermistor. This could be the reason you are frosting up and restricting the air flow. There is a main board in back that you can ohm out the thermistors. Connector 4, the two bright orange wires #5 and 6, should ohm at 19K ohms at 50 degrees. Now Im doing this from memory, if you can find your tech sheet, it will give you precise information. Catriver.
SOURCE: GE TFX26KRDA WW 2001 side by side refrig/freezer w warm fridge
Cleaned the condenser coils which were dusty but not severely so. Checked the evaporator coils which were NOT iced. Reset the fridge to coldest setting and freezer to #5 (mid range of temperature) and waited a full 36 hours. Fridge temp is 40 F and freezer is about 0F. Not sure what is different except coldest setting on fridge. Warm weather is here but not warm enough to require AC. Temps in late afternoon in house about 77-80F. Any thoughts are appreciated because I suspect this problem is not completely resolved.
SOURCE: Sharp SJ-42-WH self-defrosting fridge. Freezer
I recently had exactly the same problme with this model refrigerator. I found the problem to be the defrost timer. It is located behind the panel on the back of the refrigerator where the mains cord is located, you will need to replace it with the exact same model. I am in Australia and managed to find the exact part on ebay cheaply from a local appliance parts supplier, any appliance parts supplier that deals in Sharp refrigerators should be able to help you.
You will have to defrost the refrigerator overnight again before doing this repair.
Of course there are a couple of other components that could cause this problem, you can acutally check to see if the defrost time is moving by taking note of it's current position and then checking it every thirty minutes or so. If it does not move then it could be faulty, make sure also that power is getting to the timer as well.
SOURCE: Fridge side is getting warm.
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SOURCE: have kenmore 253.54622402 side by side--from the
" waited 1 hour freezer 20 degrees // cold food side 45 degrees and no air flowing from damper " As per this it indicates that the ventilations are getting blocked after few hours.First the air was flowing from damper but after one hour it stopped flowing air from damper.Check
the damper if there is too much water collected in
the damper then press the damper and remove the water
collected in it.------------
The working procedure of this Kenmore side by side refrigerator is as follows: --- The compressor
starts then it cools the freezer section. When the freezer reaches its cooling
level the defrost cycle starts functioning. In this cycle the fan in the
freezer section starts running and the cool air in the
freezer section is passed to the fridge section and the
fresh food section gets cold. The air from freezer to fridge passes
from the section, in that section the damper is located. Now this problem which
you mentioned. In this problem the freezer thaws, this happens if the
thermostat is not functioning or the heater is not heating. Then the ice starts
getting collected on the evaporator coil. The evaporator coil
is at the internal section of freezer. If too much ice gets collected
then this ice blocks the fan in the freezer section from functioning and this
blocks the damper section with ice getting collected there. This all procedure
is controlled by the main defrost board of the unit. Now if the damper is not got
blocked with too much water or if the ice is not got collected on the damper
area then check the evaporator coils. If there is too much ice got
collected on the coils, then takes a hair dryer and melt the collected ice.
Then see if the problem returns again. But if there is little bit ice collected
on the coils and fan is running properly then it's not a problem. In that case
main board is faulty and it has to be replaced. The main defrost board is working but
its not controlling the functions as required so the freezer thaws after few hours.
--------- You can get required
parts from sears part direct online site or from repairclinic.com site. -------------------------- To test defrost thermostat you can test this way:--- The defrost thermostat is difficult to test since many refrigerators use different fixed temperature settings and unless you have a very accurate temperature test device the test will not provide proper results. Now you can take the defrost thermostat out of the unit and place the element only in a glass of ice water. When the element is cold it should have continunity between the two wires.------ The meter should not show a reading if the thermostat is
turned off. If a reading appears, replace the thermostat.
When the thermostat is turned on, the meter should indicate "0" ohm
or .3 or .2 on a digital readout. If it does not appear as "0" ohm or
.3 or .2, replace thermostat.Turn the thermostat on and
place each probe on either side of the thermostat so meter reads "0"
ohm or .2 ohm digital. Put water and some ice in the cup. Temperature should be
32 degrees. If, after four minutes, the meter does not reflect infinite or
.0000 on the digital meter open circuit, replace the thermostat.----If thermostat checked out ok then check defrost heater connection.The defrost heater is connected to the side of evaporator coil in the freezer section.If this defrost heater is faulty then it will not melt the ice getting collected on the evaporator coil and due to that defrost system will not be able to function as required.Remove the wire for one side of the heating element from the wiring and measure it for continuity, usually around 20 ohms or so.----------- Now to see where defrost heater is located.Please click on this link below and see part number 14 on the diagram.And part number 15 is evaporator coil.And part number 21 is thermostat. ---------- -------- This will help. Thanks. Helpmech.
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