Refrigerator Not Cooling - How to Check the Timer
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- Опубликовано: 16 июл 2016
- In this video I show you how to troubleshoot a refrigerator that is not cooling. The defrost timer is a common part to fail when you have a no cool fridge. Frost and Ice build up and air cannot circulate into the refrigerator section of the fridge. So basically the freezer works, but the refrigerator does not.
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This guy is awesome. It is sad to see that he passed away. I didn't know him. I just discovered his videos today. However I can safely say that the world lost a really good dude. RIP Bill. Thank you for your help.
VCVortex wow that is sad
How
Did he died
Dang R. I. P.
@@petunialinton520 that is my question also.
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Here's his obituary...this is messed up...just found his videos and they're awesome...RIP good sir.
This video was so helpful, especially the side explanations. Very comprehensive and helped me to understand how the freezer/fridge connection actually works. THANK YOU.
Why do we loose so many good people so Young. I just Clicked on the subscribe Tab and decided to check out the commentary which a subscriber mentioned the demise of this knowledgable man. RIP .
Thanks Bill I was about to bypass that defrost thermostat . Peaceful transition Bro
RIP marine. Thank you for your service and helpful videos.
I had no idea. I just started watching his videos. How did he pass?
Thank you for a deed well done! May God bless your family and for being helpful when here on earth...
This video was very informative!! Iam very sorry for the loss to his family .
Good information here .Thank you. Freezer froze up twice .The second time I cleaned and made sure drain hole is open.Then I checked the heater for continuity and coil it checks out fine.I have never heard any sizzle or dripping noises coming from the freezer.I will mark the timer and follow your instructions to see if I have any glow and noise. Woohoo we have splash. Looks like Im getting a new timer. AWESOME>>>THANKS AGAIN!
A lot of great information. Thanks brother!
I've watched a lot of your videos now you're really smart dude haven't been able to fault not one of your videos all true and correct information after searching RUclips for a while I finally found someone who knows what they're on about lol
Joel Belah one of the best.. unfortunately, Bill passed away 3 months after this video posted. :/
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@@sunshine3914 what??!! omg so sad😭
Great video about the defrost timer to add to my DIY library.... Also, I think I am having the same problem where the bottom fridge compartment is not cold...I just ordered the timer from ebay, and I can't wait to get my hand on it.... Thank you for sharing this knowledge.
Best explanation on RUclips. Thanks
😁 a freind of mine has this issue and You may have comfirmed my first prognosis. You explained this very well and easy. not all tech jargon and fancy. instead clear enought for anyone to understand.
THANK YOU.
thanks Bill , I been watching your video for almost three year on appliances. you are very excellent on your explaination.
Thanks Bill for sharing you good knowledge with us..
Hi Bill. Just wanted to thank you for all of the helpful videos that you post. I had a bad start relay and a bad defrost timer. Fixed them both for $30. (Decided to try 3 n 1 since old upright freezer). Again,I just wanted to say thanks for helping us fix these appliances economically. Your videos are very detailed and insightful. Hope you make some cheddar from advertisements here. Kudos.
How did u troubleshoot defrost timer
Very informative presentation Bill. Thanks a lot.
Bill, great channel. Have Kenmore top freezer that was not adequately cooling. Replaced defrost timer. The freezer is now between -5 and +22, fridge stays +43. Checked thermostat as you showed and it works. Fridge lives in garage in Florida but we had nights in the low 30s. Help appreciated-also fixed the sagging door.
Hey I have been strugling WITH that PROBLEM. Til I saw your video I could find OUT was the timer the problem...WOW. You are amazing....Thanks you..!!
Amazing video. Thank you so much! 🙏🙏🙏
Excellent video. Had the same problem with a new Frigidaire just 6 months old. Froze up once, fridge went hot. Second the timer just stopped whole thing went hot. Finally on the third service call had the tech pull the timer. That solved the problem.
Very useful information for DIY. Thanks!
Thanks for making this video it's a great video it seems like diagnosing the part that needs repair is harder than actually repairing the part.
The video helped me a lot. My freezer wasn't working at all. There was frost but no cooling and the fun wasn't turning on but when I tried to adjust the timer slightly as in the video everything went on
Thanks for the video, your fridge is remarkably similar to mine which makes it extra helpful HAHA. It looks like my timer is finished and was stuck in defrost mode. Additionally we had some milk go bad recently so I'm wondering if the timer has been working intermittently.
Good luck with the jeep rebuild, I used to have a Cherokee with the 4 liter until it got too rusty to repair.
Hey Bill you're the MAN. Thanks a lot for the video. I changed out my defroster today.
Thank you Bill great information.
Hey all! I am best friends with Bill’s brother widow Tina. It’s amazing all of the love and support that everyone continues to give this amazing family!! ❤❤❤❤
Great job on the video.
Yes very sad .. I could tell this is a Real Good Guy !!!
( And so right on in teaching me about this problem
I 've looked everywhere my Refrig defrost etcetera !! )
How nice looking at this video cause I’m having this kind of problem. It’s being almost 10 hours that I unplug the unit and it’s defrosting. Tomorrow morning I’ll fallow ur advise hoping my 5 year old refrigerator will go back like it was. Thank you so much
How do I know which prong to connect the black wire to? The diagrams are confusing.
Awesome video. Thanks so much.
One day before thanksgiving... at least I know what it is now - grateful
Great video. I think it helped me fix a similar issue I had.
Thanks Bill,you saved me alot of money that l don't have right now! Haha.
God bless you from Kansas City
Great video thank you so much
Good info, thank you.
good info men thanks
THANK YOU BILL
Great video
You rock Bill!!!, I also work on Classic Cars :)
This dude is a beast
THANKS ! Helpful
Hey Bill enjoy your vids is that a jeep your working on i just did a 95 yj .
Thanks for the info.
What is going on if refrigerator seems cold enough but freezer will not freeze cold enough for frozen foods?
I’ve checked the heater, works fine.
thanks' for all your videos Bill, those are helpful, you are with God now, thanks for everything and blessings for for all your family. thanks, thanks thanks thanks,,,,
Thanks Bill, your a cool guy !
Great video, thanks Bill!
Re: the rolling frame - the rust! Awww Lawdy! This is something we don't see in Texas. ;)
Wow ,great , thank you buddy
thank you ...
Similar problem w/ 1998 Kenmore, removed ice buildup in drain & air flow, now have air flow to fridge, but not very cold. Perhaps the defrost timer? Thanks Bill, great video, will look for more.
First, make sure that the condenser fan on the bottom next to the compressor is running at the same time when the compressor is running. Also, verify that the condenser coil is clean of dust and hair.
If it's all good, you may have a Sealed System problem. To find out, remove everything from the freezer and look at the evaporator coil. (before you do this, let compressor run for about an hour) The evaporator coil should be covered in a thin layer of frost in a healthy system. If there is only one patch of frost somewhere on the top or the bottom, it's time to go shopping for a new fridge. If the coil is completely covered in a very thick layer of icy frost, you have a defrost issue which is relatively easy to fix. Let me know what you find.
Hi Bill this is Dwayne I have a Magic Chef refrigerator top freezer the timer will make a full cycle but once it does it will not click on to continue a fresh cycle I put a new timer and it and it does the same thing the only way it will start back up is to click it one time
Great Video.. I'd like to ask, does the defrost timer constantly make the ticking sound as it works ? Or does it go on and off ?
thank you!!!!!!!!
Bill, you are a good man! I have the exact Frigidaire top freezer fridge. My problem is the top freezer does not get ice cold. I think my problem began when I shoved a large item in freezer and closed freezer door. The freezer door did not close fully, it was ajar by about 1/4 inch. I didn't notice it for about 2-3 days later. Noe, I can't keep ice cream or make ice in an ice tray. Help! After watching one of your other videos, I am thinking it might be the defrost timer. Should I just stick a flat head screwdriver in it? Turn clockwise or counter clockwise?
Oh boy! Our Whirlpool refrigerator model number GB2SHDXTQ01 quit cooling (60degrees), but the bottom freezer seemed to be functioning okay. We thought by morning that would be a different story. So, we transferred all the goods to the basement refrig and freezers that night. The next morning when the wife first got up she commented the Kitchen Refrigerator was cooling normally again like in the lower 30s. HA! All that work going up and down the basement stairs. I told her the Whirlpool still isn't trustworthy. I originally purchased a start relay and capacitor quickly because it takes days by mail to receive them. By todays observations, the compressor runs so quietly, but I feel a sight quiver through holding the door handle when the compressor shuts down (built in compressor shock absorbers movement). Any suggestions? This is a great video, thank you!
Also with a refrigerator with the ice compartment on top and refrigerator bottom,, like the old school ones door up top door on the bottom cold air should be coming out of those holes from the freezer into the refrigerator as well I worked at a 136 apartment complex and I found this problem many many many times so you would take the panel out of the ice compartment up top and make sure no ice is blocking those holes
Thank you
Great video.... Let me tell you why.... so, the other day I replaced the heater element in my Frigidaire (GLRS263ZDB4) side-by-side refrigerator. It took 4 days to get the replacement element, IT SEEMED LIKE FOREVER. Afterwards, I let it run overnight and everything was fine.... it worked great. Wanting to make sure that everything was going to be fine for more than 7 hours, I opened the freezer section and put pressure on the thin metal cover that covered the cooling coil in the freezer.... BUMMER... I could tell that frost was building up behind it again. I removed the 4 screws for the cover and saw that the top portion of the coil was very frosted, the bottom half looked good. Not having any experience with this repair and not sure that the heating element was working, I saw another video telling you that you had to press the refrigerator door switch three times to engage the adaptive control for the coil defrost. I tried that a few times and BLAM.... NOTHING.... NOTHING AT ALL. So now, I'm questioning my repair. I see your video an hour later and it says to press the refrigerator door switch five times, not three and SUCCESS.... THE COMPRESSOR QUITS RUNNING, AND THE COILS, WITHIN A MINUTE ARE COMPLETELY DEFROSTED. So now I'm relieved that the repair was a success.... now hopefully the Defrost Thermostat and/or the Refrigerator Adaptive Defrost Control won't go bad... at least any time soon.... THANKS AGAIN.
I'm saddened to learn of this great guy's death.... Damn! God Bless Bill!
Thanks Sir
Good video that helped me out with refrigerator timer problem . Thanks . Had to laugh when I saw the date you made this video , it's the same day I had my kidney transplant . LOL !
bill died 3months after this video was posted (according to some of the other posts) omg
Did you go clock wise or counter clock wise? to make it start cooling again if the timer was bad
You are awesome
Freezer fan blowing cool air but not freezing food or water. Whirlpool top freezer 13 years old.Condenser coils are clean, door gaskets seal good, compressor is not hot and food in freezer real cold but, water in ice tray will not freeze.
The fresh food department is cool and not cold.
Please help!
Awesome video. Thanks so much.
I have a 2-door Hotpoint fridge and it had stopped cooling for some reason a few months ago, so I stopped using it. But I would like to fix it. I plugged it in today. The compressor is working, is a little warm when you touch it but no cool either in the freezer or refrigerator. I don't remember I had a defrost issue with the fridge.
Not sure where to start and what to check. Can you suggest some steps to check this fridge as to what the problem might be?
The fan in the top freezer part of my MTF 1955GRQ Refrigerator is not running. What could be the problem? Thanks Dave
Thanks 🙏
What if its both the freezer and the fridge not working? I noticed that it turns on again when I hit the reset button in the back on the bottom. You think its still the defrost timer?
Bill, I have a Hotpoint CTX21DABRRWW fridge. I've replaced the relay on the compressor. Freezer compartment is cold and fan blowing. Lower fridge is not cold at all, no fan blowing, no air moving. I can't find the defrost timer on this fridge at all. Do you know where I can find the defrost timer on this unit?
Should we be unplugging the fridge before doing these repairs? Not sure if you mention it in your video…
If you have a Whirlpool fridge and the refrigerator timer comes with a black wire I am reading in almost all advice columns that the black wire goes on terminal #1. A very few people indicate it for terminal #2. My question is if one puts the black wire on the wrong terminal would it damage any component of the fridge? Thank you.
I have the same type frig, defrost timer is working but frig runs all the time.. freezer good frig kinda cool, I have it turned up all the way any idea?
Hi Bill , i have an Fridgemaster MTRF179A Model and in this model i cant find thermostat timer Nor i can find evaporation fan , the dialing cooling knob is just a simple switch , Am having only freezer but no cool air , Yes the ice bit thicker may be not defrosting and could you please help -Thank you
Just reading a repair manual for a Maytag. If the temperature control switch is turned to maximum cold it will keep the door closed which allows cool air to enter the refrigerator section. It will cause maximum cold to freezer only. Possible this will be common to other manufactures.
Hi Bill I had my first service call with the refrigerator was not cooling the refrigerator is an Old GE 1975 refrigerator No Frost unit. If it is no frost what does that mean?
فديو ممتاز.ومعلومات مفيدة. شكرا لك Bill. هل يمكنك مساعدتي كيف أجد ورقة البيانات الخاصة بالثرمستور للثلاجات السامسونك. (tech sheet thermistor شكرا مجددا.
I might need that my display is bad I ordered a new board but I believe my compressor keeps shutting off and not cooling to temperature I hold buttons to reset. I need to ohm compressor and may need reley not sure yet
how would you bypass the dtt for testing purposes just to check if heater is working?
hi i am doing some research on education ,i love your videos , can you tell me if you have any kind of diploma , or tertiary
Thanks will try have a KitchenAid buddy I bought from told me too unplug for 2 days but will try your way first wonder light reset the same for KitchenAid
Hi what should we check if a side by side frig does not cool or freeze tks
THANK YOU!!! I manually turned defrost timer and my fridge came to life :) I ordered a new timer wont be here for a week :( Do I just keep turning it to keep things cool for now? confused
I have a Kenmore and the freezer and fridge is not getting cold enough. Do you think my coolant is low and needs to be booted up?
MR BILL so my situation" Frigidaire like yours.. freezer working refrig not cooling. I advanced the df timer and every thing came on.. fan, compressor, and blowing cold air to refrig. Left for a week vacation came back freezer working compressor on no fan refrig not cooling.. advanced timer again but this time all it did was turn off the compressor no fan no refrig cooling Do you think it is DF timer?
After i checked the timer as you have described-> first turning one round in clockwise direction -> the fan and compressor got turned off -> then waited to see if the heating coil works or not.. i could not hear any sound of water or see the coil.? now how can i know that the timer is ok or not.?
Why is the fridge. compartment dial not working?
We have a Whirlpool 30" 18 cu.
The other day I noticed that the fridge compartment wasn't cooling.
I can here the fan running but, there is no cold air. Whenever I move the dial to recommended setting or cooler, nothing happens.
The fridge is about 15 years old and has never been cleaned underneath or in the back.
Our son is suppose to clean this every 2 years and, he has told me several times he did do it. I am wondering if he is telling me a lie!? Could this be the problem?
GOD bless and thanks a lot.
Update: I also noticed the freezer dial clicks when I move the dial but, the fridge dial doesn't click at all. If I turn the dial all the way up, the fan shuts off but, when I turn it down it comes back on just no cold air.
Awesome video, Bill and thanks so much for your knowledge.
I noticed a while ago that the pan underneath is never filling up with water any more. The fridge isn't cold and there's one spot in the freezer that's frosting up bad but the rest of the freezer isn't that cold. It's an older Amana freezer on top fridge. Thanks for any suggestions.
Probably has a refrigerant leak
Hey how would you test the thermostat..?let me know as soon as posible..ok..?
At 6:25, you mention that there is a possibility of fire if the defrost thermostat is bypassed. Has this ever happened? I find it scary that if I go on vacation and some malfunction equivalent to a manually-bypassed-defrost-thermostat condition occurs. I checked my circuit diagram and they have a 72degreeCelcius thermal fuse in series with a 384Ohm heater element which I think is driven from some transformer. It is a Japanese brand 237 litre net capacity, 240VAC and 580mA draw. I can sleep at night ... on vacation if the lockdowns ever get lifted. Appreciate the tips.
I have an ARISTON HOTPOINT refrigerator that does not cool at all. I can hear the compressor running but that is all.. Any suggestions? LLOYD
Can you help me on my fridge i replaced the compressor and themperature control so the unit work but it gets on defrosting two times for days what's wrong on that thanks
Toshiba refrigerator model-GR-KD34SE problem is upper good it cooling but lower is not good ti not cooling help please
Question: If the manual defrost timer malfunctions and the clock inside quits turning while in defrost 20 min cycle won't the defrost thermostat kick in and open the connection shutting down the heater, and therefore preventing overheating damage? Of course the refrigerator will not function any longer, but at least the freezer heater coil will shut down
Maybe throw a amp gauge on it so you can see the heater element working and kick off thermostat...
Bill you better joint the Dollar Shave Club.. :)
how to fix indesit freezer/fridge
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Your making no sense
could you make a video on how to bypass a defrost tstat? great video by the way! temporary purposes only! thanks!
Hey Robert, I agree with you and Bill - only for test purposes, but here is how one would bypass a defrost thermostat.
Locate the defrost thermostat which is clipped on to the evaporator and is about the size of a $3 stack of quarters and has 2 wires coming out of it.
Quick side note, a defrost thermostat is simply an on/off switch based on temperature. So, I think about it like this...the switch once activated by temperature gives the electricity a path to go from one wire to of the thermostat to the other wire.
So, to bypass a thermostat (**unplug the fridge first!)!you'd simply cut the thermostats 2 wires, strip the wires, and wire nut them together and plug in your fridge again. This in effect 'tricks' the fridge in to thinking that it has a closed thermostat (I.e. Heater on condition).
Note: be sure not to clip the thermostat wires too close to the thermostat itself as you'll need enough wire slack to reinstall the part after testing.
But, you can see why this would be a dangerous situation if you were to leave these wires connected because if the defrost timer were in defrost mode, it would stay on regardless of the temperature. If the defrost timer happened to stick in defrost mode, you'd be lucky if the heater burned out before burning the house down.
+Andy Fulenchek thanks for the info. but I would still like to see it done!
So your basically putting the wire nuts together on the heater side? Correct?
+Robert Munguia no, a single wire nut that will connect the 2 wires where the defrost thermostat was before you removed it.
A quick way to check the older timer refriges...with a flat screwdriver, advance the timer into defrost then immediately out so that the compressor tries-and fails- to start.This may take a few tries...after it is off on high head pressure (timer in refrigeration/run mode) open one of the doors and observe the lighted interior...while doing that, advance the timer into defrost mode.If the cabinet lights dim slightly, the heater is good.
Samsung RS263TDPN refrigerator, Freezer wont cool, fridge side is working, no frost formation on freezer or fridge coils. Sir what do you think the problem is?
Freezer barely gets cold and defrost element won't get hot. Defrost timer works.
My problem with Frigidaire is freezer is blowing cold air but not freezing an refrigerator compartment is not cooling everything checks fine I just reset the thermostat timer like on this video so gonna see if that’s going to work also my light bulb shut off for no reason doesn’t look blown out