- Model Number
- GFE27GSDASS
- Brand
- GE
- Age
- 6-10 years
Hello,
Awesome forum! I've learned a lot looking at other related threads.
I have a GFE27GSDASS french door refrigerator which had a cold freezer, but not refrigerator. To complicate matters, the refrigerator is sitting in a construction zone of our house, which is currently not conditioned, and has been used as an auxiliary refrigerator.
The refrigerator evaporator and beneath the bottom drawer were massively iced up... ice flowing upwards and everywhere. I had to let it fully defrost on its own to even get to the evaporator section of the fresh food section. Maybe 10-15 lbs ice/water came out.
The refrigerator previously flooded out the front (years back), and I found the fresh food drain pan tube was clogged, but was able to get the rubber orifice cleaned out and draining again.
I found this thread, and downloaded the tech guide posted there... looks like it is also for the GFE27.
I believe the fresh food fan is toast (very rough to turn by hand, and test 0047 gives result 0 00 during test, and I haven't seen the fan spin on its own). If I understand correctly, the proper replacement is the: WR60X26866
I ran the tests on the thermistors (with the fridge and freezer defrosted and just recently plugged in). I'm not fully sure how to read the numbers, as sometimes 6 numbers appear on the right, not just 4.
I think they are:
Freezer cabinet Test0027 68degF 5738 19? (off by about 7%)
Freezer evap Test0028 62degF 5840 (off by about 20%)
Fresh Test0024 80degF 5274 (off by about 12%)
Fresh evap Test0026 77degF 2100 (some other pair of numbers also flashing, but then stopped)? (off quite a bit... note, this thermistor was likely buried in the ice when it was all frozen up)
These numbers seem off, so I am a bit confused... should I be concerned? I then went to see if I could test resistance with a voltmeter on ohms, at the main board. I disconnected J11, but couldn't get the meter to read any resistance through the sides of it, or by inserting a wire into the terminal block and then using those wires... so I'm not sure what to do there.
How do I verify the thermistors are OK, or is it unlikely given the drainage and fan issue?
Unfortunately, I also broke the tab that holds plug J11 in-place, so if anyone knows the replacement part number for that plug or an acceptable work-around solution (don't want it to rattle out of place unexpectedly), that would be wonderful.
Thank you in advance.
Awesome forum! I've learned a lot looking at other related threads.
I have a GFE27GSDASS french door refrigerator which had a cold freezer, but not refrigerator. To complicate matters, the refrigerator is sitting in a construction zone of our house, which is currently not conditioned, and has been used as an auxiliary refrigerator.
The refrigerator evaporator and beneath the bottom drawer were massively iced up... ice flowing upwards and everywhere. I had to let it fully defrost on its own to even get to the evaporator section of the fresh food section. Maybe 10-15 lbs ice/water came out.
The refrigerator previously flooded out the front (years back), and I found the fresh food drain pan tube was clogged, but was able to get the rubber orifice cleaned out and draining again.
I found this thread, and downloaded the tech guide posted there... looks like it is also for the GFE27.
I believe the fresh food fan is toast (very rough to turn by hand, and test 0047 gives result 0 00 during test, and I haven't seen the fan spin on its own). If I understand correctly, the proper replacement is the: WR60X26866
I ran the tests on the thermistors (with the fridge and freezer defrosted and just recently plugged in). I'm not fully sure how to read the numbers, as sometimes 6 numbers appear on the right, not just 4.
I think they are:
Freezer cabinet Test0027 68degF 5738 19? (off by about 7%)
Freezer evap Test0028 62degF 5840 (off by about 20%)
Fresh Test0024 80degF 5274 (off by about 12%)
Fresh evap Test0026 77degF 2100 (some other pair of numbers also flashing, but then stopped)? (off quite a bit... note, this thermistor was likely buried in the ice when it was all frozen up)
These numbers seem off, so I am a bit confused... should I be concerned? I then went to see if I could test resistance with a voltmeter on ohms, at the main board. I disconnected J11, but couldn't get the meter to read any resistance through the sides of it, or by inserting a wire into the terminal block and then using those wires... so I'm not sure what to do there.
How do I verify the thermistors are OK, or is it unlikely given the drainage and fan issue?
Unfortunately, I also broke the tab that holds plug J11 in-place, so if anyone knows the replacement part number for that plug or an acceptable work-around solution (don't want it to rattle out of place unexpectedly), that would be wonderful.
Thank you in advance.