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Appears to run fine. but everything thawed. black canister at bottom (with coper wires from it) is hot to the touch. approx 3 years old

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Compressor is supposed to be hot... your problem may be that the unit is stuck on defrost cycle... The defrost timer should be behind the kick panel and have a dial type adjustment on it.... find it and try to turn it just a touch. It may come on but you will need to replace it if it does

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  • Anonymous Jul 20, 2011

    no dial adjustment behind kickpanel. is there another location?

  • Mark Harnett Jul 20, 2011

    theres a hole on the bottom where you can access a screw that will allow you to check and see if the defroster is working put a screw driver in the hole and turn it clock wise till you here it click and then listen for the unit to start defrosting cycle you'll hear a hissing like sound if its working if not you'll need a new defrosting unit

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