I have an ew23bc85ks… counter depth french door refrig. It originally had a problem with popping the house breaker immediately. I located a direct short on the wire (brown wire) feeding to the defrost heater (not the thermostat side). I bypassed the wire and ran new wire…
Now the defrost heater has power supplied to it constantly- 120 volts. I changed the power supply board and no change…If I disconnect the wire to the defrost heater, the refrigerator cools correctly. Any ideas?
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The control board should have fixed this.
If the unit is new to you then check the wiring using the attached tech sheet.
Perhaps it is wired wrong or has a problem in a plug etc.
Looks like the defrost heater gets power though Relay 1 in the board.
Perhaps there is a problem with J1 it gives power to the defrost heater on Pin 4 but also has line voltage on Pin 3 all the time.
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