Voltage between the red-white and red-yellow wires is 13.5 volts. When I apply 12v to the fan motor nothing happens. If I leave a window fan running behind the fridge the unit works fine but if I leave the fan off the fridge shuts down after a while and the condenser is very hot. I ordered a new motor and it doesnt work either . I tried applying 12v to it as well and nothing happens. Did I just happen to get a bum motor? Thanks
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Voltage between the red-white and red-yellow wires is 13.5 volts. When I apply 12v to the fan motor nothing happens. If I leave a window fan running behind the fridge the unit works fine but if I leave the fan off the fridge shuts down after a while and the condenser is very hot. I ordered a new motor and it doesnt work either . I tried applying 12v to it as well and nothing happens. Did I just happen to get a bum motor? Thanks
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Vegas,
Sounds like the motherboard and wiring are OK, but you may want to run the following checks from the manual, before you replace the fan motor again.
[FONT=Courier][SIZE=3][FONT=Courier][SIZE=3][LEFT]Condenser fan circuit J2 pin 5 to pin 3 = 13.4 VDC (condenser fan is single[/LEFT]
speed motor)
[FONT=Courier][SIZE=3][FONT=Courier][SIZE=3][FONT=Arial][SIZE=1][FONT=Arial][SIZE=1][LEFT]Measure the resistance directly at the Condenser fan motor!
Is the resistance approximatelty 1.5K ohms to 3K ohms?[/LEFT]
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[FONT=Arial][SIZE=1][FONT=Arial][SIZE=1][LEFT]Does the condenser fan motor read open? [FONT=Arial][SIZE=1][FONT=Arial][SIZE=1]Does the condenser fan motor read shorted[/LEFT]
( below 1K ohm )
Good Luck,
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Thanks. I dont have a manual but I found the J2 circuit. Jumping 3 and 5 with #1 terminal being on the left I get.5v. With #1 terminal on right I get 10v.
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Thanks. I dont have a manual but I found the J2 circuit. Jumping 3 and 5 with #1 terminal being on the left I get.5v. With #1 terminal on right I get 10v.
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Vegas,
Where did you have the 13.5 VDC ?
It sounds like your mother board is going bad, you need at minimum 12 VDC on the 2 pins at the mother board.
Did you check the resistance on the old, and new fan motor ?
13.5 volts was at the fan connector. Tested both fans for resistance and got 0-3 ohms. Can a bad board damage the new fan motor? Thanks
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13.5 volts was at the fan connector. Tested both fans for resistance and got 0-3 ohms. Can a bad board damage the new fan motor? Thanks
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Vegas,
Yes, a bad fan can damage the mother board.
I thought I had mentioned that in the previous testing post ?
Sorry if I didn’t.
:o :o :o
I have a new motor on the way and also ordered a new control board. Hopefully that takes care of it. Thanks
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I have a new motor on the way and also ordered a new control board. Hopefully that takes care of it. Thanks
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Good Deal,
Let us know how things went.
Put in the new control board and fan motor at noon and its already making ice! Thanks to Amazon and ******** I’m only out $120. Thanks for the help. Now I need help dragging the old fridge back into the garage.