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Runs, but not automatically.

One day found everything melting . turned the temp. dial off and back to medium . started running again and run hours before stopped again and did not come back on till i played with the dial . sears guy said possible defrost timer or compressor ( drawing 1.6 amps vs. 1.0) . changed d. timer, no help . so fridge still runs couple hours and shuts off, ice starts melting and won't restart without playing with temp. dial?

  • farto Jun 17, 2008

    fridge is in the garage now. changed cold control and everything ok till it goes to defrost cycle. when it starts defrosting the gfi in the garage trips and won't reset till i turn the timer past defrost. any idea why? should i try to plug it in the kitchen?

  • Anonymous Nov 16, 2008

    Exactly the same problem.

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Replace the thermastat or also called the cold control

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I have a GE sensor microwave oven. Tried to heat food and sensor eror came on. Everything is running even the timer but no sound but the timer is running. Cant this be reset pls help

HELLO.

This is the solution to reset your microwave.

1 Pressing the clock button will display the time. You can also use this to know what time it is while cooking.

1. Set the clock by pressing the "Clock" button.

2. Turning the dial on the GE sensor microwave oven will display the hour of the day. Once you have found the correct hour, press the dial in.

3. Again, turn the dial to set the minutes of the day. When this is completed, you will need to press the dial in again on the GE sensor microwave oven.

4. When the time and minutes are set, turn the dial again for a.m. or p.m. Then you will need to press the dial in to save the settings.

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the system will then turn on again the same time the next day and run those hours again

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Chances are your defrosting clock is stuck or quit working.
The clock works as timer to set time for defrost, at which time it stops the compressor, and turns a heater tube next the cooling coils to melt ice. It depends on your expertise if you want to try replacement,as most replacement are universal, and some rewiring is sometime involved. The clock is usually in front at the bottom behind the removable grill, or in the back. It looks like a square box with a dial that has a one way turn knob. To check use flat screwdriver to slowly turn dial (you can only turn one way) until the compressor stops, then wait to see if compressor starts back on it's own (it might take as long as 30 min.).
If it does not start it's bad and need replacement. Of course you can turn dial again until it starts again so you can use fridge. If it does start it could still have been the problem where the clock got stuck, and you got it going again by turning the knob, but let it run. If it works for a while and then have the same problem again the replace clock.
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