Installed a startup device for my KSRS25IH today. Followed the advice found here when my freezer quit this weekend. Good thing it was 0 degrees outside! We put all the food in the garage since it stayed below freezing.
My replacement part came in 3 pieces to assemble.... 2 parts were the same device, but for different compressors. I didn't pay attention to the compressor number because the instructions just listed 4 cu ft sizes, 20,22, 25, and 27 with one part for the 20 and 22 cu ft models and the other for the 25 and 27 cu ft models. Actually, the fact that they were in pieces rather than one assembly made those two parts easier to attach. The real stinker was the cover! It took me longer to install the cover than it took for all the rest of the assembly. (I had to work in a cramped space)
Being of the curious sort, I wondered why a failed startup device would rattle... opened mine up and had a pile of broken debris fall onto the table! So there... for the rest of you who might question the rattling noise. (Also evidence of electrical short... black soot, etc.)
Plugged the unit back in and freezer got cold pretty quick. Only issue now is that the refigerator side is still warm... (was not before freezer quit). I am assuming it will take overnight for the unit to stabilize. I put a thermometer in the fridge side... so if it does not cool down by morning, I will assume the control board is gone, too.
My replacement part came in 3 pieces to assemble.... 2 parts were the same device, but for different compressors. I didn't pay attention to the compressor number because the instructions just listed 4 cu ft sizes, 20,22, 25, and 27 with one part for the 20 and 22 cu ft models and the other for the 25 and 27 cu ft models. Actually, the fact that they were in pieces rather than one assembly made those two parts easier to attach. The real stinker was the cover! It took me longer to install the cover than it took for all the rest of the assembly. (I had to work in a cramped space)
Being of the curious sort, I wondered why a failed startup device would rattle... opened mine up and had a pile of broken debris fall onto the table! So there... for the rest of you who might question the rattling noise. (Also evidence of electrical short... black soot, etc.)
Plugged the unit back in and freezer got cold pretty quick. Only issue now is that the refigerator side is still warm... (was not before freezer quit). I am assuming it will take overnight for the unit to stabilize. I put a thermometer in the fridge side... so if it does not cool down by morning, I will assume the control board is gone, too.