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Originally Posted by: boblane  You have to order the whole assembly, and then remove the defrost element and splice it back into the stock assembly. Its not as difficult as it sounds, and when you get the replacement you will see what I mean.
b Thank you. I will try to order
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Well, it has been 5 years now and the fridge side is now failing to cool.... again... :mad:
And now, instead of the replacement evaporator assembly being $49.71, it is now $82.94... a nice 67% increase in 5 years. I surely wish my income were to increase that much... haha
Anyway, here's to hoping I remember how to do the heater replacement :D
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I thought mine was going bad again and ordered the part. I don't remember it being in the $80 range, but when I broke it down it started working again, so I don't have to replace it yet. I linked a good tutorial in an earlier post. Good luck.
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Originally Posted by: boblane I thought mine was going bad again and ordered the part. I don't remember it being in the $80 range, but when I broke it down it started working again, so I don't have to replace it yet. I linked a good tutorial in an earlier post. Good luck. Thank you for linking that tutorial. It's been 5 years and I can barely remember going through the same process. :-) Hopefully it'll all come back to me. Did you have to replace any part before it started working again? Unfortunately, I didn't run the manual defrost cycle before opening it up and thawing out all the ice with a heat gun. That might have told me if the thermistor was good or bad. I went ahead and ordered the evaporator assembly, just in case the heating element has fried again. If it freezes up again before the part shows up, I'll try a manual defrost cycle. Though, my gut feeling is that it is the heating element again. Thanks again for linking to that great tutorial.
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Model# RS257BARB - I am having a similar issue with the fresh food side frosting up. However, the defrost heater checks at 99ohms and the thermal fuse has continuity. Could the control board be to blame at this point or am I missing something? TIA
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I'm not sure about what resistance values are good for the various components in this fridge. But considering we have the same model and I've had to replace the heating element twice, it could very well be the culprit in your case. The first time I replaced it, I cut open the heating element and found it had completely corroded near the connector (hidden behind the shrink wrap tubing).
There really should be some sort of recall of class action concerning this... I know I'll never buy a Samsung appliance again.
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