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You're welcome, Ron. Have a good day.
Gene.
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Hello Gene,
Thanks a ton for the info. I would guess that the defrost time that I had to replace on this same fridge a few years back would be the device that controls that time interval. Our "no frost" freezer was frosting up and the advice at the time was to make a mark on the timer wheel and check back and see if it moved and in my case it didn't. It's the time that is located at the front left bottom.
Anyway, back to the present case at hand, I have had the back off of it and pushed out from the wall to keep an eye on things and all looks well and so I am going to button it up.
Thanks again for all your assistance and sharing of your knowledge to guys like me that have the ability to perform the task, just not the knowledge.
Ron
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Hi Ron,
The fan direction should be viewed from rear of the motor, but you do not have to do it as long as the new motor has the same CW (or CCW) matching "stamp".
There is no polarity for 120VAC motor what means you can connect wires in any direction.
Compressor and fan motor are operated by two devices: defrost timer and temperature control. Defrost timer switches power between defrost system and cooling system (compressor, condenser fan, e.t.c.) based on time intervals i.e. 10 hours "cooling system" - 25 minutes "defrost system". While cooling system is powered "on", temperature control maintains a certain temperature by turning cooling system "on" and "off".
Gene.
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Thanks Gene, That appears to be the case as so far, so good! Still wonder about the fans air direction, and am assuming that it correct in that it should be drawing in air from the outside? And will an AC fan still turn only it's designed direction regardless of how it's wired to the incoming two-wire 110v AC? And lastly, what decides the timing for the compressor (and therefore also the condenser fan) to run/cycle? Is it based solely on a timer, i.e. 5 minutes on/5 minutes off, or based on maintaining a certain temperature and will run until it's achieved and then cycle to maintain said temperature? Thanks for all you help so far and in advance for any of these new questions you could field, Ron Originally Posted by: Gene  Hi Ron,
There is nothing to worry about. This motor should work fine.
Gene.
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Hi Ron,
There is nothing to worry about. This motor should work fine.
Gene.
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Hello Gene, I found a motor locally. The part number in the link I posted yesterday is WX4X989 and the one I purchased was a WX4X990 ($19.95) and both are GE. The new motor was stamped CONDENSER MOTOR 2W CW 115V (as was the original, with the only difference being the old was 1300RPM and the new is 1550RPM) and came w/o connectors and so I cut and soldered the connector from the old motor onto the new one. I have installed the new motor and all seems well, but I have a few questions. Is the fan designed to pull in air from the back and blow it into and across the condenser coils laying across the bottom of the fridge? That is what the new fan is doing now, but the fan is presently turning CCW when viewed from the "front" of the motor where the fan connects to the shaft. (Or should I be viewing it from the "back" to determine rotation direction and in this case, it would then be CW.) Would polarity be an issue here? I'm not aware of any way, if it is polarity sensitive, on how to make the determination on the two bare leads coming from the new (or old) motor. With AC, it would still spin the same direction as designed w/o regards as to which of the two wires on the connector end were connected to on the motor end, or am I off base? Thanks, Ron Originally Posted by: Bee46 Hello Gene, Well you just made it three for three in great advice as I have no problem in using an aftermarket motor. Thanks for letting me know about it, Ron quote=Gene;24840]Ron, The part number I posted is for the OEM part. If you would like to use an aftermarket part, you can buy it for just $48.56 The part number for the condenser fan motor is AP3720651 Gene. P.S. I used them a lot. |
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Hello Again Gene, As luck would have it, the aftermarket fan motor is out of stock. Could you please take a look at the motor from the link I found to see if this is compatible as far as you can tell from the picture and description. It shows that it is Frigidaire compatible. If you think it's close enough to warrant further checking into, then I can call the company and get a better over-the-phone description. My biggest question would be if the side not shown in the picture has the three holes needed to match up with the mounting brackets. WX4X989 Condenser Fan Motor Kit - Appliance Parts WorldThanks in advance, Ron Originally Posted by: Gene Ron, The part number I posted is for the OEM part. If you would like to use an aftermarket part, you can buy it for just $48.56 The part number for the condenser fan motor is AP3720651 Gene. P.S. I used them a lot.
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Hello Gene, Well you just made it three for three in great advice as I have no problem in using an aftermarket motor. Thanks for letting me know about it, Ron quote=Gene;24840]Ron, The part number I posted is for the OEM part. If you would like to use an aftermarket part, you can buy it for just $48.56 The part number for the condenser fan motor is AP3720651 Gene. P.S. I used them a lot. |
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Ron, The part number I posted is for the OEM part. If you would like to use an aftermarket part, you can buy it for just $48.56 The part number for the condenser fan motor is AP3720651 Gene. P.S. I used them a lot.
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They sure think a lot of those motors don't they? I'm finding them online for $75 to $100, with the link you sent being the lowest so far. Will look locally tomorrow and then go from there. Thanks again. Originally Posted by: Gene Hi Ron,
Most likely when you place the motor in the original position, it's overheating because of hot air streaming around.
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