Refrigerator not cooling, cleaned condenser coil, 48 hour test ok 3 weeks later evaporator coil freezing,defrost heater and bi metal test ok, replaced main control board.after 3 weeks problem came back any advise evaporator coil completly iced over.
It is possible you have a defective fan motor in the condenser area or evaporator area. Sometimes when they become defective they will run for a while and just warm up and stop while the compressor continues to run. I learned that one on four costly returns to the home. The cost was to me not the customer. Thanks, Sea Breeze
I can be helpful if you would respond with something like I tried that or yes I need your help. I ask hundreds of people if the need my help and never get a response.Is there something missing in your post or do you want me to guess? Yes, your defrost heater may be defective. Click below
WR51X10055 Defrost Heater it has a glass housing so once you defrost your freezer you will be able to see if its burned out. Your refrigerator has no defrost timer or defrost board its all done in the board you just replaced. I do suggest you change the defrost thermostat because when the freezer reaches 50 degree F the circuit is open. You can contact me by email or phone for free help. Email is [email protected]
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Yes the temprrature control could be defective But not most likely. It will tell the mother board to cause the compressor to run continuous, lack of freon will also. Other symptoms of what is happening is a lack of freon/feon leak or the evaporator motor stopping while you don't know it. What I recommend is you find someone qualified to put a tap valve on the suction line side and read the suction pressure. This is something that I do not recommend someone that does not do these things. Signs of a freon leak are part of your evaporator coil will have Ice and the other part will have a cold sweat. Thanks for returning a reply. I never get a response fro Fixya when someone replies or give me arte. They did some changes to their server and the problems have not been fixed yet. Sea Breeze
You may want to check the electronic damper part number 879153
If it is defective it will stop air from going to the fresh food compartment and causing the same symptoms.
879153 Electrnic Damper & thermister
Here is a photo of the thermostat temperature board encoder. Part number WR55X10095 This is your thermostat.
Here is a link to your service repair manual. There are some test in the manual and I really believe you will need this. The manual is in PDF format. Sea Breeze
http://appliancejunk.com/ge/refrigerator...
One other thing I need to ask you is when you see the evaporator frozen is there ice blocking the defrost drain? And I want you to feel the air flow from the inside of the fresh food vent to see if there is a steady flow of air. Oh, the best way to check if refrigerator is defrosting is connecting the terminals on the board listed in the manual I sent. I will send more help topics as you need and my apologies for not knowing that you responded to me. Now I have to go through about 100 solutions and open each page to see if someone made a comments or gave me a rate. Sea Breeze
Has the information I have given you sill not been helpful?
Your refrigerator is too complex for the do it yourself-er. I recommend you get someone that has been kind enough to tell you all the answers to the problems and have them come over and fix your refrigerator. The model you have is not one to guess and replace parts. Everything even the times the doors are opened daily are recorded in the memory board. If you need me again contact me. I have done all I can to help and advise you and this is what I get. Thanks, Sea Breeze
To answer yes low on freon will show as a frew rows frozen and the other with cols swet. My thinking is there is no air flow over the coils or the defrost thermosta you sais you checked is defective. These are tricky parts to check. Most defrrost thermostats can not be checked above 50 degrees F. They must be checked while freezing or replaced. Or Check accordint to the service manual with the correct OHM meter.
Thank You! All you need to do is put your cursor over the rate the you think I deserve. And click on it. Let me tell you why this bothers me so much. At one time we had a lot of people coming here to download illegal microsoft programs. When I told them I would not help them do something illegal they would lower my rank each time until I complained to Fixya and Microsoft. If it want change and it will not work then contact this link [email protected]. or just let it go. Just letting me know your real feelings are more important me. Thanks, Sea Breeze
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Thank you so much for the advise, the defrost system heater, and bi metal is test ok, when it freezes the entire evaporator coil freezes from top to bottom could it be the temp control????
sorry, about the thumbs down I do not know how to use this service that well I thought the response was just for that step, your advise is very helpfull you are an expert. step by step. my rating to you will be 100% the drain is ok and in respect to the refrigerant being low according to the frost pattern on the evaporator is completely covered in ice from top to bottom low refrigerant in system will probably only freeze part of the coil right??? the manual will be extremely helpful two thumbs up.Thank you for your time.
location of defrost timer,defrost limit switch, evaporator coil, and evaporator fan.
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