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I have a side by side refrigerator which is cooling the freezer side, but the fresh food side has periodically grown warm. I do have ice build up on my evaporator coils so I suspect that is blocking the airflow. However, in testing my thermistors I came up with these results: bottom freezer thermistor 16.9ohms resistance; evaporator thermistor 3.8 ohms resistance; fresh food thermistor 14.5 ohms. All of my tests were done with the thermistors in ice water (with the exception of the evaporator thermistor which is covered in ice). From what I've read on this website, these results show that the fresh food thermistor is bad and should be replace. My question is: If I replace the fresh food thermistor, could that possibly fix my frost problem in the freezer or do I most likely have other issues at hand? (My evaporator fan is working; defrost heater is working; air damper is working). Any help would be appreciated.
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Remove plug for 2 minutes. Reinstall.
Let your refrigerator run for at least 36 hours to give the system a chance to stabilize. Not 24, be patient.
Look at readings. If fridge is warm, replace ALL thermistors. Don't bother testing them. New ones are 10 bucks each. That's cheap, just replace them! Wait another 36 hours and see readings.
If fridge is still warm, replace Evaporator Coil Thermistor AND the Defrost Thermostat. If you are going to go through the trouble of taking everything out, removing shelves and panels and whatnot, you might as well just put in a new DT which is cheap at around 15 bucks. Make sure you seal all connections with silicone! Any moisture getting in will make these fail. Put everything back together, plug it in and wait another 36 hours.
Should be working now. If not, you've got more expensive problems going on and if I were you I would consider just buying a new refrigerator. You already put in about 50 bucks with my suggestions. And if you keep trying to figure this out, you could easily end up spending several hundred dollars more to fix an old refrigerator. Money that could have used toward a new one.
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