Terry P Terrebonne , OR September 11, 2017 Appliance: General Electric Refrigerator PSS26SGRDSS My refrigerator freezer was cold but not the fresh food side. I watched the videos and ordered the parts to fix the problem. Then I installed them and so far everything seems to work ok. It's only been a few days so we'll see if I got it right. Read More... 5 People found this story helpful Do-It-Yourself Rating: Repair Time Estimate: 30-60 minutes Tools: Nut Drivers, Pliers, Screwdrivers
Lawrence S New Braunfels , TX January 15, 2018 Appliance: General Electric Refrigerator GSHS6LGBBHSS Freezer was getting too cold heavy frost and fresh food compartment too warm The freezer section was getting too cold and constantly running. The digital display was reading 9 below. The fresh food compartment was not cooling properly. It was reading 45 degrees plus. Once the defroster turned on the freezer section would get too warm and melt the items inside the freezer. This process was producing frost that built up on everything. My ice maker compartment would freezer over and become a frozen cluster of ice that was not useable. I put two thermometers in the refrigerator, to monitor the temperatures in both compartments. The thermometers indicated vast differences in the digital reading and what the thermometers was reading. I suspected a temperature sensor was bad. I replaced the two temperature sensors in the freezer compartment. One was behind the access plate for the evaporator and the second one was on the inside wall. I also replaced the defrost thermostat. When I removed the access plate I used a hair dryer to melt and dry the evaporator coils. This took about 45 minutes. Replacing the temperature sensor was straight forward; similar to wiring a stereo speaker. The access was a little bit tight. The defroster thermostat was just as easy. I made sure the freezer compartment was dry with the hair dryer and put it all back together, plug it back in. After about two hours the temperature was down below 32 degrees and after 12 hours down to zero. It has held the temperature constantly since I replaced the three sensors. No more frost either. Read More... Do-It-Yourself Rating: Repair Time Estimate: 30-60 minutes Tools: Screwdrivers