Customer Questions and Answers for Refrigerator Defrost Timer by Whirlpool

Dean, the black wire will go onto terminal 1.

Brian, the black wire will go to terminal 1 for your model.

Hello Jack, find your defrost timer and look at the colors of the wires that plug into you timer. If you have black, pink, red, and orange wires, put the black jumper on the #2 terminal. If you have orange, pink, white, and red, put it over the #1 terminal. Hope this helps!

Hello John, the black wire for your model will attach to terminal #1. Thanks!

Bryan, For this model the black wire will go on terminal number 1 of the timer.

James, you will want to check the frost pattern of your evaporator. Being that the ice maker is not producing ice, it means the ice maker is not reaching a proper temperature to be able to produce ice (or the ice maker has an issue). Terminal 2 on the defrost timer sets the timer for 8 hours of compressor run time before defrost occurs. If the compressor is running and there is a low frost pattern on the evaporator after 10 minutes of run time, then there is a sealed system issue. If there is excessive ice build up on the evaporator, then you will need to test the bi-metal as the bi-metal will stop voltage from going to the defrost heater.

Santiago, the black wire will connect to terminal 1 for your model.

James, the black wire will go to terminal 2 of the timer.

CHAO, The slotted loose black timer motor lead should be placed on terminal #1 and pushed down as far as possible with the wire toward the timer motor.

Rick, for your model the black jumper wire would go to terminal 2 of the defrost timer.