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reply to dosdoxies

Re: Problem with Refridgerator

I didn't even notice the damper control. Crap.

reply to tp0d
I believe it is the damper assembly. After I power cycled the fridge in attempt to work on it, the damper motor is now making a godawful racket - it sounds like constant tapping. After removing the entire assembly, I noticed a nice blast of cold air coming from exposed hole that goes into freezer, so that leads me to believe the damper is busted and/or stuck shut (in addition to the horrible noise coming from it).

Just ordered part from Sears. Should have it Tuesday. I even found a video on how to replace it:

»www.youtube.com/watch?feature=pl···EAYjIDmY

reply to Hazy Arc
OK - someone please ease my mind before I blow this refrigerator away with my shotgun.

I got the damper assembly in today and just replaced it. My suspicions were confirmed - the gear was stripped to hell in the old one.

Upon powering on fridge with new damper, I notice the door slowly opens and shuts and continues this process indefinitely. I turned off the fridge after 5 minutes because I didn't want to chew up this new damper already. Is this opening/closing cycle standard operating procedure while the temp is warm in the fridge? I assumed the damper door would open and stay open until the desired temperature was reached, then it would shut. Is this constant door cycling normal?

No - it should not keep moving.

reply to robbin
Shotgun blast averted. I had missed a connector on a terminal on the assembly. Well, I didn't really "miss" it, but I slid the connector on and the terminal slid between the actual connector and the plastic sheathing. It was a tight fit to begin with, so it was hard to know whether the terminal was actually contacting the connector or not.

reply to Hazy Arc

Ouch

Ahhh, an example of new fashioned "Value Engineering" at its finest. Make sure it lasts through the warranty period, but not too long beyond that... :-(

I have a fridge from 1992 that's still going strong. I wonder what the odds are of buying one today that would last 20 years?

I have one in my garage that was in the house when we bought it in 1989. So we don't know how old it is. The compressor and wiring was submerged by Hurricane Isabel in 2003 and it's still running now.

reply to Hazy Arc
Things today are over engineered. The less parts, the less chance of failure. Many fridges don't have a damper. None of the ones with failed evaporator fans motors I have replaced in the past did.

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