whirlpool ser# ss3152238, problem woke up this morning fridge was not cold (warm) freezer side really cold with frost on all meat packages, fridge side has two vents one top, one bottom this one has ice on it ,allso lower crisper ben has ice on it, when I checked the freezer side I can hear fan motor running, hope this help thanks
- michael asked 10 years ago
hi michael you will need to remove everything from you freezer,remove the evap.cover@rear of freezer on the top of the evaporator wich looks like a radiator left or right side you will see a disc aprox.1/2-3/4 inch tall with two wires comming out of it this is your defrost thermostat with power disconnected to unit you will need to check across the 2 wires for continuity with an ohm meter sometimes it will be bowed up on one side showing obviouse damage if you get continuity there you will also have to check continuity through the defrost heater that wraps around the undeside of the evaporator if both test ok you will need to replace the adaptive defrost control in the control section top front of refrigerator compartment this is done by removing 2 1/4 inch screws locatted in ceilling behind control panel then remove control knobs with small flat blade screwdriver pry facier strip off to reveal 2 more 1/4 inch screws remove them and 2 #2 phillipps screws on bottom that hold control to panel unplug wires and plug into new control reverse process for reassembly you will need to manually thaw the evaporator with a hair dryer no matter wich part of the defrost system is bad as 1 dfrost cycle will not melt all of the frost and it will then become ice wich is harder for the system to remove hope that helps you out
- Guest answered 10 years ago
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