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I have a Kitchen Aid refrigerator/freezer that stopped cooling. The compressor, fan/motor would not operate at all. I had a local service company diagnosis it and they said it required a new adaptive defrost control board. I purchased and installed an exact Whirlpool replacement and the refrigerator began working perfectly. Both the refrigerator and freezer cooled as it did prior but after about 15 hours of operation, it tripped the GFI outlet that it was plugged into. I reset the GFI and it worked for another 15 hours, then tripped the breaker again. I am wondering if that when it goes into the defrost mode (after 15 hours) it is overloading the GFI. This refrigerator was never plugged into this GFI outlet before but I had a smaller Frigidaire plugged into the same outlet and it never tripped. Should I try plugging it into a non GFI outlet and see what happens or am I dealing with a potential fire hazard?
Thank you for your help!
Pat Kula
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Originally Posted by: pkula  I have a Kitchen Aid refrigerator/freezer that stopped cooling. The compressor, fan/motor would not operate at all. I had a local service company diagnosis it and they said it required a new adaptive defrost control board. I purchased and installed an exact Whirlpool replacement and the refrigerator began working perfectly. Both the refrigerator and freezer cooled as it did prior but after about 15 hours of operation, it tripped the GFI outlet that it was plugged into. I reset the GFI and it worked for another 15 hours, then tripped the breaker again. I am wondering if that when it goes into the defrost mode (after 15 hours) it is overloading the GFI. This refrigerator was never plugged into this GFI outlet before but I had a smaller Frigidaire plugged into the same outlet and it never tripped. Should I try plugging it into a non GFI outlet and see what happens or am I dealing with a potential fire hazard?
Thank you for your help!
Pat Kula Pat, Very good educated guess, Yes, plug the power cord into a non GFI outlet and let it run a few days. A 25 cu. ft. fridge, does have a higher amperage draw than a small upright fridge, and depending on what other components are included on the circuit could be causing the issue. Let us know what happens, and we can go from there if necessary. :) :) :)
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Thank you so much Joe!
This refrigerator is in my garage where all outlets (with nothing plugged into them) are tied to the main GFI so I need to swap out the GFI with a standard outlet. I will advise after I accomplish this and run a test.
Kindest regards,
Pat Kula
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Pat,
Good Deal, We'll keep an eye out for your update.
Thanks,
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