martinvolk
Premium Member
- Model Number
- FFTR1821TD0
- Brand
- Frigidaire
- Age
- 1-5 years
My 18 cubic foot Frigidaire has the classic cold freezer warm fridge issue. I assumed it was the defrost timer so I replaced it. I also replaced solenoid and the temperature adjust thermostat. The evaporator fan works fine I tested it with direct 110 volts. When I turn the defrost timer advance the fan is off during the cooling 10 hour time. It turns on during the 30-minute defrost cycle, which makes no sense to me. The other thing that's weird is that the fridge light which I believe is on a completely separate circuit is off. It only turns on when I turn the temperature adjustment dial all the way to off. This perplexes me because on the wiring diagram it's not even linked up to the defrost timer and unless I misread the diagram it should be on continuously unless the door switch turns it off. I removed the defrost heating element. It reads 30 ohms which appears normal.
To sum up:
Compressor works
Evaporator fan works
Evaporator fan turns off during cooling cycle when it should be on
Evap fan turns on during defrost cycle when it should be off.
Fridge light is on when temp dial is turned off and light goes off when temp adjust dial is set to cooling.
Any ideas would be highly appreciated. Thanks in advance.
To sum up:
Compressor works
Evaporator fan works
Evaporator fan turns off during cooling cycle when it should be on
Evap fan turns on during defrost cycle when it should be off.
Fridge light is on when temp dial is turned off and light goes off when temp adjust dial is set to cooling.
Any ideas would be highly appreciated. Thanks in advance.