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My GE fridge side by side with water and ice thru door started making some cycling howling noises for about 2 days after that stopped it has run constantly. Seems the freezer is also starting to get warmer and not as cold as it should be. I see a very little frost on the inside back panel of the freezer. Could it be the defrost timer is shot? Where is it located?
I also have a problem with the water line freezing in the door and have to defrost it with a hair dryer from time to time.
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Remove the back freezer panel and describe the frost pattern.
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The coils are full of ice and frost
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Originally Posted by: richappy  Remove the back freezer panel and describe the frost pattern. The coils are FULLl of ice and frost
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Very good, you only have a defrost problem. Next, defrost the coils with a hair dryer and inspect the defrost heater and the defrost terminator clipped to the top of the evaporator.
Most probable problem is the defrost heater. If it looks black and a section looks open, it's probably bad. You can check it with a meter, or just take it apart to confirm.
Order the parts here, heater AP4355467, thermostat, AP3884317
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Originally Posted by: richappy Very good, you only have a defrost problem. Next, defrost the coils with a hair dryer and inspect the defrost heater and the defrost terminator clipped to the top of the evaporator.
Most probable problem is the defrost heater. If it looks black and a section looks open, it's probably bad. You can check it with a meter, or just take it apart to confirm.
Order the parts here, heater AP4355467, thermostat, AP3884317 Can you teill me what I am looking for? Is it at the top of the coils or on the bottom. I see a small round item(pink and orange wires) and a small capsule (white wires)looking item clipped at the top coils. I have not removed the lamp panel, do I need to do that to find what I am looking for?
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Originally Posted by: redouse Can you teill me what I am looking for? Is it at the top of the coils or on the bottom. I see a small round item(pink and orange wires) and a small capsule (white wires)looking item clipped at the top coils. I have not removed the lamp panel, do I need to do that to find what I am looking for? There is a large blue wire and one large pink wire running to a round item at the bottom of the coils. Also the fridge will not run unless I trun up the knob on the freezer side. I tried running just the fridge side but it will not run.
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You are looking at the thermisters, long white plastic items. You need to replace the thermostat cliped to the top of the evaporator, metal base, about the size of a quarter.
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Originally Posted by: richappy You are looking at the thermisters, long white plastic items. You need to replace the thermostat cliped to the top of the evaporator, metal base, about the size of a quarter. I do not see any long white plastic items in this fridge. I see the small round black thermostat clipped to the coil. I also followed the larger wires to the bottom and found a long glass tube with wire inside, I assume this is a defrost coil and it has a broken wires inside and looks dark and I actually pulled one side off and the wire is broken inside. Come Monday I will replace both the heater and thermostat. Thanks For all your help and patience. Gary
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