Hello all,

I need to find out if I am crazy or bad at testing replacement defrost thermostats. After my coils were icing up, I pulled my heating element and thermostat to test for continuity. When the thermostat came up with no continuity in a glass of ice water, I ordered a replacement. The replacement registered no continuity when cold either. I was sent another thermostat assuming that was defective. New one, same issue. What am I doing wrong here? Could I have received two bad replacement thermostats. I am letting them sit in ice water for several minutes then simply putting each wire end in contact with my multimeter. No tone registers (I also never hear a click coming from the thermostat). Any help would be appreciated.

-Ryan