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- Model Number
- FFTR2021TW5
- Brand
- Frigidaire
- Age
- 1-5 years
FFTR2021TW5 is a top mount fridge. I went to help this customer about a week ago. Cooling and everything seemed fine, but the evaporator fan in freezer was not running and was starting to freeze around the evaporator cover going to fridge. I defrosted the freezer to fridge cover and ordered a new evaporator fan (there was 120v going to the fan and using a cheater cord outside the fridge it would not turn).
Installed new fan, everything is working good.
I get a call the fan is stopped again and is getting warm. I go out to look at unit and fan is in fact not spinning.
I get a call an hour later, the fans have stopped again. Any idea what would cause the fans to just stop? Originally it was cooling, but the evap fan just was not working. Now it appears the fans are able to work, but they lose voltage. I am not 100% sure if the compressor shuts down at this time, but it was still frosty and cold when I looked at it.
Installed new fan, everything is working good.
I get a call the fan is stopped again and is getting warm. I go out to look at unit and fan is in fact not spinning.
- I take it out and put a cheater cord on the new evap fan, it starts immediately.
- I check the voltage in fridge going to evap fan, nothing.
- So I go to back, and condenser fan is not on either. I unplug, check wall voltage, good.
- I leave unplugged, check compressor, good.
- Check run capacitor 15.5uF so good.
- I realize the start relay is a newer type with a mini processor board so I cannot do continuity check on that, but read to check voltage coming out of it.
- I unplug the condenser fan and plug unit back in, check voltage input to condenser fan, 120v good. Unplug unit, connect condenser fan again, and plug unit back it... boom everything kicks right on.
I get a call an hour later, the fans have stopped again. Any idea what would cause the fans to just stop? Originally it was cooling, but the evap fan just was not working. Now it appears the fans are able to work, but they lose voltage. I am not 100% sure if the compressor shuts down at this time, but it was still frosty and cold when I looked at it.