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My name is Fady. I own a Maytag MSD2651HEW side by side refrigerator. Recently, the refrigerator side stopped working, there is no air flowing in from the freezer side. The air does flow through if I open the freezer door, but there is nothing if the freezer door is closed. I removed the bottom back panel on the freezer side and found that the coils were covered in ice. I thawed the ice with a steamer which temporarily solved the problem. A few days later, the refrigerator stopped cooling again and the coils were iced again. Any help would be appreciated, thanks.
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Here are your parts Parts for Maytag MSD2651HEW Refrigerator - AppliancePartsPros.comSee the attachment for the tech sheet. [COLOR="Blue"]I removed the bottom back panel on the freezer side and found that the coils were covered in ice.[/COLOR] I am assuming that they were covered to the point where the evaporator fan cannot pull air through them. Sounds like a defrost problem. First remove the evaporator cover in the freezer so you can see the coils. Do not let them de-ice. If yes. Manually force a defrost cycle, see the tech sheet. When the fans and compressor turn off, it is in defrost. Now check the defrost heater to see if it is on. Be careful you do not want to burn your fingers. If the heater is on then the defrost board needs replacing. If not on. Unplug the unit. Remove the wire for one side of the heating element from the wiring and measure it for continuity, usually around 30 ohms or so. If the heater is OK Remove one wire to the defrost thermostat and measure it, should be 0 ohms when frozen. Note that it opens just above freezing so must be frozen to check it. Also inspect it, if it is bulged at all replace it even if it measures OK. If both the above are OK then odds are the defrost board is toast. |
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I checked both the defrost timer and heating element for continuity and they are both good. I know you said that it is most likely the defrost board, but the fridge goes into defrost periodically on its own, but the ice does not defrost. Can it still be the board?
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[COLOR="Blue"]I checked both the defrost timer and heating element for continuity and they are both good.[/COLOR]
I am assuming that "defrost timer" should be defrost thermostat.
[COLOR="Blue"]Can it still be the board?[/COLOR]
Yes it can still be the board. |
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