Thomas asks…
Question for knowledgable refrigerator mechanics -?
I have a pretty old (I am guessing 20-30 years old atleast?) GE refrigerator in the place I’m staying right now – it has the freezer on top, basic model, nothing fancy. I wanted to clean the coils of dust to make sure its functioning well and able to cool itself off. The prior people have it shoved tight in the kitchen area surrounded by cabinets, etc – the rear of this frig is almost against the wall. I looked underneath taking front floor panel off, and found a set of coils & fins down on the bottom of this frig on the right side. I cleaned them as best I could, very tight area – my question, is that the only cooling coils on the external part of this model frig? Or are there more on the back? I don’t feel any air or heat coming out from the back side of the frig, so am hoping the only cooling fins are where I found them on the bottom. Can’t see model number of frig but found an old service/wiring chart in drawer that says “525004P25″ if that helps any. Thanks for your help.
admin answers:
We use G.E. Refrigerators and they haven’t changed much in 30 years the condensing coils are still on the bottom. But you might want to pull it out and clean the back also it has vented cardboard in front of the fan back there and dust does collect there too .
Nancy asks…
refrigerator problem?
I want to replace the thermistors on my GE profile Artic refrigerators. There is two in the side panel of the refrigerator area. Do I just cut and slice? and use wire nuts? It does not look like a regular plug in type. I needed a new mother board and the repairman charged me for these parts, so I thought I would replace them.
Thanks, Gary
admin answers:
If the parts you have are in fact, thermistors, they will each have two leads that need to be either crimped or soldered.
You didn’t say whether the thermistors mount in the motherboard or are attached by wire. If they’re attached to a wire, you either need barrel crimp connectors for that gauge wire (#18-22 AWG) or you need to splice the thermistors to the wire, solder, and use heat-shrinkable tubing over the connection to insulate.
If they are on the motherboard, you need to carefully de-solder the old thermistors without damaging the board. Clear the mounting holes of solder, solder the new thermistors in at the same above-board height as the old ones, and trim the lead excess off the solder side of the board.
If you are not sure how to solder or make a good connection, find someone who is skilled in this area for assistance.
Robert asks…
How do you know if timmer is bad on frig?
I have a GE side by side refrigerator, and I believe my thermostat and heating element are bad and I already got the parts. I haven’t put them in yet, cause I am wondering if my timmer is bad, and if so I don’t want it to mess up these new parts. I did manually rotate it to defrost to see if it would automatically got back to refrigerating, and it does, but I never seem to hear it go back to defrost by itself. Should I just put the parts in and see what happens? Thanks in advance for your advise!
admin answers:
To test the parts you think are not working you need to use a Multimeter and test the continuity. First unplug your fridge and unplug any wires to the parts.
The site below: How to test defrost timer
http://www.acmehowto.com/howto/appliance/refrigerator/check/defrosttimer.php
Site below: How to test defrost heater.
Http://www.acmehowto.com/howto/appliance/refrigerator/check/defrostheater2.php
Site below: How to test thermostat
http://www.acmehowto.com/howto/appliance/refrigerator/check/defrosthermo.php
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