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Ge sss25kfma ww side by side not cooling also has some frost in freezer compartment

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If the frost is on the lower rear wall of the freezer you most likely have a defrost problem. If this is the case you will need to turn the unit of for at least 24 hours to allow the frost to melt. UNPLUG your unit and remove the rear lower panel of the freezer exposing the coils and melt any remaining frost. If you use a hair dryer be extremely careful as the plastic liner will melt at a very low temperature. Take a meter and set it to ohms then see if you can get a reading across the glass tube located at the bottom of the coils while the freezer is warm, if you do you need the main board. If you do not you will need to replace the glass tube which is your defrost heater. Both are linked below for this model PSS26MSRASS. The model you gave is missing a letter.

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Hi,
As the weather is getting warmer for many people their freezer ge sss25kfma ww side by side not cooling - 2_bing.gif and/or refrigerator do not work right because of a dirty condenser coil...

Check out this tip that I wrote about that... it is a great place to start trouble shooting your unit...and something that you can do rather then calling a repair person to do a simple thing for you...

http://www.fixya.com/support/r4024657-refrigerator_condenser_coil_cleaning

http://www.fixya.com/support/r3885294-refrigerator_troubleshooting

http://www.fixya.com/support/r4023749-refrigerator_compressor_start_capacitor

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