Hello!

I've been having that whole "Freezer is cold, but fridge is warm issue", and think I have it narrowed down to the defrost thermostat. When I tested it, it appeared to have continuity when it was supposed to, and not have continuity when it was not supposed to, but if I manually kick on the defrost cycle with the thermostat installed, the heater remains cold, and if I remove the thermostat and wire the heater up directly, the heater heats up when I kick on defrost.

I checked here for the same part number that my current thermostat is, and for some reason, it looks like it's $45 vs the $10 - $15 that I see many other thermostats for. Is there any reason that I need to replace this with the exact same part number? Can I find another thermostat that uses the same temps (It says "L57-22F") and just use that instead?

Also - when I go to hook this back up, are wire nuts sufficient, or should I just solder it in?


Thanks!!

Thanks for the reply! The sticker in the freezer says

"plht217ta"

but if I open the refrigerator part, there's another sticker that says "plht217tab2", which I'm guessing is the actual full model number. If I plug the part number of the thermometer here in AppliancePartsPros.com, I do see this one for $45, but there's another one for about $16 and if I put in "plht217tab2", it says that it is compatible, so I'm hoping I can squeak by with this.

Frigidaire 5303918202 Defrost Thermostat - AppliancePartsPros.com

I know the $30 difference between this one and the actual part number isn't a huge amount of money, but I have a new baby that's a lot more expensive than I had expected, so every penny counts!

Thanks again!

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