Ge WR51X464 Refrigerator Defrost Heater Kit OEM Part

Inspected the Defrost timer and it seamed to be functioning properly. Ohm ed out the defrost heater element and it also measured out correctly (mine 34 ohms). Bypassed the heater element and found that the unit would run without tripping breaker during defrost cycle. At this point i inspected the wiring to the heater and checked continuity of the wire and continuity to ground, No issues found. So with the heater out of the circuit and not having an issue i ordered heater element from AppliancePartsPros.com on Thursday around 1:45pm and received the package on Friday just after 1:30 PM with basic shipping. Five minutes later installed and cycled through defrost mode a few items issue was resolved. not sure why the old one tested out fine but failed when installed.

Replace defrost timer and defrost heater kit. repair only took about 30 min. but took almost all day to defrost fridge before starting repair, used hair drier to defrost freezer area.

Great phone support helped with getting correct parts. Refrigerator is about 24 years old. Waiting on back ordered (March) replacement. I ordered the 3 main parts: thermostat, heater kit (coil) and timer. It took the most time to defrost coils, used a heat gun. Turned out heater coil was burned out. Replaced timer an thermostat anyway. Only disappointing part of the project was the condition of the coil when received, box looked like it fell off a truck and then got run over, the bracket had to be straightened out. Extra cost 2 day shipping turned out to be 6 days, COVID and thanksgiving didn’t help.

Possible sources of culprit : timer,thermostat and heater

Replace the defrost heater element