perhellion
Premium Member
- Model Number
- 106.7610562
Hi,
I have a circa 1972 Sears coldspot side-by-side which has been absolutely reliable for its 49 ish years - until last week. Seemed to suddenly be dead (lights worked). Had repair guy out and simultaneously read and watched everything I could online, so I know quite a bit more about refrigerators than I did last week. Simple turning of the defrost timer, and the fridge fired right back up. However, it also seems that my defrost heater has burned out. Both of these parts seem to be unavailable. I have located a universal defrost timer that says it works for many Whirlpool refrigerators which I believe my coldspot 106 is. Any one have experience with the universal timer?
What about the defrost heater? Is there any sort of universal part here? If not, how long does it take for the frost to build up enough to where it would need to be defrosted? Is it possible to do away with the whole defrost circuit and run the ridge as a fridge with no defroster at all? Of course , it will need defrosting the old manual way. I just hate to scrap and old fridge that otherwise works so well over what should be simple to replace parts.
Thanks
I have a circa 1972 Sears coldspot side-by-side which has been absolutely reliable for its 49 ish years - until last week. Seemed to suddenly be dead (lights worked). Had repair guy out and simultaneously read and watched everything I could online, so I know quite a bit more about refrigerators than I did last week. Simple turning of the defrost timer, and the fridge fired right back up. However, it also seems that my defrost heater has burned out. Both of these parts seem to be unavailable. I have located a universal defrost timer that says it works for many Whirlpool refrigerators which I believe my coldspot 106 is. Any one have experience with the universal timer?
What about the defrost heater? Is there any sort of universal part here? If not, how long does it take for the frost to build up enough to where it would need to be defrosted? Is it possible to do away with the whole defrost circuit and run the ridge as a fridge with no defroster at all? Of course , it will need defrosting the old manual way. I just hate to scrap and old fridge that otherwise works so well over what should be simple to replace parts.
Thanks