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cstultz  
#1 Posted : Sunday, July 14, 2013 4:12:37 AM(UTC)
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A few days ago I came home to a thawed fridge and freezer. The fan on the freezer side continued to run. Is that the defrost fan?
The fan on the compressor is not running. When I turn the thermostat to "0' the timer cycles. When i move the thermostat to cool, the timer cycles again.
I have already replaced the starter relay. It didn't help. I checked the compressor for a short.It wasn't shorted.
There was a brief time that it did start up. It ran for a while, but then stopped when it needed to start up again
Any ideas? Right now the only thing I have happening is the timer, when I move the thermostat, and the fan on the freezer side.

I really hope its not the compressor.
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cstultz  
#2 Posted : Sunday, July 14, 2013 5:55:42 AM(UTC)
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Just checked the voltage from the relay. There is nothing there. No voltage to the relay either.
richappy  
#3 Posted : Sunday, July 14, 2013 12:37:38 PM(UTC)
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Most probably a bad adaptive defrost pc board,5303918476 behind the control panel.
cstultz  
#4 Posted : Sunday, July 14, 2013 1:00:10 PM(UTC)
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Think so? Is that an expensive part? I would want it to be a "for sure" buy. Can I check it to make sure? I don't want to buy another part, just to lose $$$$
richappy  
#5 Posted : Monday, July 15, 2013 12:42:26 AM(UTC)
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You can check it's output per the schematic. The compressor and evaporator fan outputs are separate pins on the board.
cstultz  
#6 Posted : Monday, July 15, 2013 12:44:42 AM(UTC)
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Ahhh... That sounds like it has definitely got to be it then. So the compressor doesn't have to be running for the condensor fan to run!!!
richappy  
#7 Posted : Monday, July 15, 2013 12:49:12 AM(UTC)
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That is correct.
cstultz  
#8 Posted : Monday, July 15, 2013 12:55:51 AM(UTC)
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Thanks. Now I hope I can find the part at a local repair shop. I can't wait for shipping. At least its not as costly as it could be.
richappy  
#9 Posted : Monday, July 15, 2013 3:13:54 AM(UTC)
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If the evaporator motor circuit is truly blown in the board, but it still defrosts, you can try shorting the two pins together, might be worth a try as the fan motor is a 115 volt motor.
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