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Customer Questions and Answers for Defrost Timer by Ge

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Part Number: OEM6185094
Manufacturer Part Number: WR9X489

The Defrost Timer is an OEM part for GE refrigerators. It serves as a crucial component in managing the defrost cycle of the refrigerator, ensuring that frost buildup is regularly melted away from the evaporator coils. This timer periodically switches the refrigerator between cooling and defrost mode, helping to maintain efficient operation and prevent overcooling or excessive ice accumulation.

Symptoms of a bad Defrost Timer include:

  • Frost building up more than usual in the freezer compartment.
  • The refrigerator or freezer sections becoming too warm due to prolonged defrost cycles.
  • The refrigerator not transitioning out of defrost mode, leading to spoiled food due to inadequate cooling.

Causes of a bad defrost timer can include mechanical wear from continuous use, electrical failures that impede the timer’s operation, or simply aging components that no longer function reliably.

This GE replacement part is also compatible with Hotpoint, RCA, and some Kenmore models.

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T. Baker, Based on the symptoms, this sounds like a faulty timer that was received.

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Hello Jerry. If only a section of the evaporator is freezing up, you have a sealed system issue and will need an HVAC tech to repair the unit.

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Hello James, You only turn the large screw until you hear a louder click. This signifies the timer has gone into or back out of defrost.

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Dave, This timer would most likely be either a 8 hour or 10 hour run time with a 30 minute defrost cycle. So it will go into the defrost every 8 to 10 hours and will only stay in defrost for up to 30 minutes.

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Hello Duane. The thermostat has to be frozen to allow the heater to come on. Try to cycle it tonight after about 8 hours of run time. It should come then.

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Mike, The defrost timer WR9X489 is a 8 hour timer. It goes through defrost 7.2 hours after coming out of defrost and stays in defrost for 30 minutes.

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Ray, It appears that the part number for the defrost timer on your unit would be WR9X541. Unfortunately we do not do international shipping at this time and the only way to get this part through us would be if you have someone within the United States that you could ship it to and then have them ship it to you.

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Mike

Hi, I have an old GE Profile side-by-side that was showing the classic symptoms of defrost heater/timer failure. I turned it off and left it off while waiting for the WR9X489 timer and the associated dual-heater unit. I then left the fridge off for several months. Yesterday I finally got around to installing the new heaters and timer. Clicked the timer around and the fridge began running. However, after many hours, there is still no sign of any cooling whatsoever. Both the freezer and the refrigerator sides are room temp; fan in freezer blows room temp air. The compressor was working during the frost-buildup phase, worked during one thaw and restart (before I ordered the parts) and was working the last time I turned it off and let it thaw. Could the compressor fail from not being run for several months? Is there some sort of reset switch on it? Have I missed a step in the defrost repair? Thanks for any help.

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Mike, It is possible for the oil in the compressor to thicken up from no use and cause the compressor to not run. You will want to check the overload relay to see if it is clicking. If it is then you could try to replace it and see if the compressor will run otherwise could be a bad compressor.

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JJ, There is a dial on one side of the timer that allows you to turn it in order to put the unit into the defrost cycle. As for an adjustment for time, there is no type of time adjustment for defrost timers.

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Kip for Model Number TFX26PPDAAA

Just got a defrost timer from you (along with heater assembly). When I plug it in and power up the fan and compressor does not run. Is it in defrost cycle? Should I rotate adjuster knob on timer clockwise to see if fan/compressor come on or should i just wait for 45 minutes to see if all comes on?? When I attach my old timer, the fan and compressor runs so I turned the adjuster knob clockwise until the fan and compressor turned off, looked in fridge and heater assembly then came on.any suggestions on proper install and process? Many thanks

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Kip, If when you put the new timer in the compressor and fans do not turn on then you would just need to turn the dial until it clicks and it should turn the unit on. Sometimes these defrost timers come in preset on defrost due to testing.

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