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Doris Sharp-randall Posted on Jul 29, 2015
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Why would my freezer part of my frig it keeps icing up and then the fan blade of the evaparator fan hits it and makes hell of a noise

I will take the panel off and clear the ice out and within a week I will be doing it again the freezer and frig work good except that.Anybody have a logical explanation for this I would appreciate it.

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You have a defrost problem and either the defrost heater or the defrost thermostat are bad. The freezer can't go into defrost because of that and the ice builds up and it eventually covers the fan. You need to ohm out the heater to see if its bad. I always advise to change the thermostat even if it is just the heater. A quick solution but not a permanent fix is to get the freezer completely defrosted and your unit will work for a little while however, it will freeze up again until you fix the problems I listed earlier. Good Luck!

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  • Bob L Jul 30, 2015

    without specific make and model# I can not tell you where the timer is, but I believe your problem is the heater or thermostat. located on the evaporator in the back of the freezer behind the panel

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