How to Repair a Refrigerator and Icemaker Online Manual …

Refrigerator Repair & Icemaker Repair

Table of Contents

"How to Repair a Refrigerator"

1-1 HEAT FLOW AND AIR FLOW

1-2 DEFROST SYSTEM

1-3 TEMPERATURE CONTROL

1-4 WHERE DOES THE HEAT GO?

2-1 HOT GAS DEFROST 2-2 NON SELF-DEFROSTERS 2-3 CHILL-TYPE REFRIGERATORS 2-4 GAS REFRIGERATORS (AMMONIA SYSTEMS)

3-1(a) "GREEN" PLUGS

3-1(b) BEFORE YOU START

3-2. TOOLS

3-3. HOW TO USE A VOMAND AMMETER

3-3(a). TESTING VOLTAGE

3-3(b). TESTING FOR CONTINUITY AND RESISTANCE

3-3(c). AMMETERS

3-4. BASIC REPAIR AND SAFETY PRECAUTIONS

4-1. CONTROLS

4-2. CONDENSER AND CONDENSER FAN

4-3. EVAPORATOR FAN

4-4. FROST PROBLEMS

4-5. DEFROST SYSTEM

4-5(a). DEFROST TIMERS AND ADAPTIVE DEFROST CONTROL

4-5(b). DEFROST HEATER

4-5(c). TERMINATING THERMOSTAT

4-5(d). DEFROST SYSTEM DIAGNOSIS AND REPAIR

4-5(e). DIAGNOSIS: DEFROST HEATER AND TERMINATING THERMOSTAT

4-6. WHIRLPOOL/KENMORE FLEX-TRAY ICEMAKER DEFROST SYSTEM

4-7. HOT GAS DEFROST PROBLEMS

4-8. UNEVEN FROST PATTERNS, OR NO FROST AT ALL

4-9. COLD CONTROL

5-1. POWER

5-2. CONTROLS

5-3. DIAGNOSIS AND REPAIR

5-3(a). DEFROST TIMER OR ADC BOARD

5-3(b). TESTING THE COMPRESSOR FOR POWER

5-3(c). COLD CONTROL

5-3(d). WIRING AND ELECTRICAL

5-3(e). COMPRESSOR STARTING / ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS

6-1. DEFROST DRAIN SYSTEM

6-2. DIAGNOSIS AND REPAIR

6-3. DRAIN PAN HEATERS

7-1. KID CAPERS

7-2. THE HOLE-IN-THE-WALL GANG

7-3. DOOR SEALS AND ALIGNMENT

7-4. MOVING DAY

7-5. A SHOCKING EXPERIENCE (MULLION HEATERS)

7-6. MICE CAPADES

7-7. ICEMAKERS AND IN-DOOR WATER DISPENSERS

7-8. SEE THE LIGHT

7-9. BAD ODORS

7-10. FIX THE LITTLE STUFF

7-11 STRANGE NOISES

7-12. FIRE IN THE FRIDGE!!!

8-1 ICEMAKER TYPES/

8-1(a) ICEMAKER OPERATION

8-2 DIAGNOSING PROBLEMS

8-2(a) SLABBING

8-2(b) SHELLING

8-2(c) BLOCKED (FROZEN) FILL TUBE

8-3 WATER SOURCE

8-3(a) FILTRATION & PURIFICATION

8-3(b) FILL SOLENOID VALVE

8-3(c) TESTING AND ADJUSTING FILL VOLUME

8-4 SLOW OR NO ICE PRODUCTION

8-4(a) FREEZER TEMPERATURE

8-4(b) POWER SUPPLY

8-4(c) WATER SUPPLY

8-5 CRESCENT CUBE ICEMAKERS

8-5(a) MODULAR CRESCENT CUBE DESIGN

8-5(b) COMPACT CRESCENT CUBE DESIGN

8-5(c) ELECTRONIC CRESCENT CUBE DESIGN

8-6 GE "BULLET" OR "BARREL" CUBE MACHINES

8-7 ADMIRAL-TYPE FLEX-TRAY

8-8 WHIRLPOOL/KENMORE FLEX-TRAY DESIGN

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