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Refridge freezer GE side by side...just took hair dryer to the cooling unit to get excessice off...freezer started to thaw...now fan won't work..checked it and can't find out why.
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You need to thaw the ice which has clogged the passageway from the freezer to the refrigerator. To do this, you can turn off the whole unit for several hours and let everything thaw, or you can remove the panels and locate the vent(s). Melt the ice with a hair dryer, then reassemble the panels and restart the refrigerator. There is a small chance that the fan in the freezer has frozen up as well. When the refrigerator compressor runs, you should also hear a small fan in the freezer run. If not, you will need to do some investigating to find out why.
Open door let too much moisture into refrigerator. (The cooling coils, behind the back wall of the freezer compartment, are blocked with frost) If you unplug the refrig for a day or so it will work again, or you can take the back wall out from inside the freezer and melt the frost with a hair blower.
The problem you are having is what is called defrost. This unit is supposed to do a defrost every 8 hours. If it fails to do so the coils will get a heavy heavy frost on them and the evap fan cannot circulate the cold air thru the freezer and into the fridge. you will need to defrost the coils with a hair dryer. Will probably take about 45 min.'s to a hour. The most common cause for this is the defrost heater located at the bottom of the coils. Replace this and you will be fine to go. Part number is wr51x10101
The frost is preventing the evaporator fan from circulating the air. Check that it is operating properly - and thaw out condenser if needed. A hair dryer will work good. Verify the fan is operational after thawing.
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This is a malfunction of the control board. The control board is telling the refridge side that it is plenty cold - so it doesn't divert the cold air needed to keep the refridge side cool enough. Check to see the the coils in the freezer are frozen - if they are, unplug the unit and defrost with a hair dryer. Dry up the water and turn it back on - that should solve your problem.
Drain line froze.
Used hair dryer to thaw frozen line, works OK now. 01/07/09
Think the frozen drain line was caused by the light in the refrigerator not shutting off when the door closes, causing excess cooling in the freezer. Poor design on the light shutoff switch, corrected design to make permanent repair
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