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Customer Questions and Answers for Refrigerator Defrost Timer by Whirlpool

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Part Number: OEM17955633
Manufacturer Part Number: W10822278

Fixes ice buildup on freezer coils and warm fridge temps. This defrost timer regulates the automatic defrost cycle. Moderate DIY repair with video guide.

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For Whirlpool Refrigerator Defrost Timer (Part Number: OEM17955633)

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Tango,

The black lead wire on the defrost timer will go to terminal number 2 for your unit.

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Ken,

For your unit you will put the black lead wire onto the terminal number 1 of the timer.

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Barry, In your case, the loose, black timer motor wire lead is attached to the number 2 terminal. "For cumulative run timer push slotted loose timer motor lead over & all the
way down terminal number 2 with wire toward timer motor" Once the timer motor lead is installed, the remaining wires should be installed on terminals as follows: term. 1 – Black Wire. term. 2 – Pink Wire, term. 3 – Red Wire and term. 4 – Orange Wire.

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Hello David, you have version 1 and the black motor wire connects to lead #2. Hope this helps!

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Errol for Model Number Whirlpool Model EV190N ( 190NXSN01 ) UPRIGHT FREEZER

EV190NXSW01 I ordered a replacement defrost timer w1082278 and received it a week ago. I did not receive installation instructions explaining where to connect the black wire to which of the 4 terminals. the old timer 1115416 had a tab on the metal housing to connect the green wire ground and it had two black wires connected to #2 pink and #3 red. I taped off the green ground wire and connected the black wire on the new part to No. 2 terminal ( pink ) by my best guess. The freezer operates but will not get below 32 degrees (F). This is what had started happening with the old timer.

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Hello Errol,
The black jumper lead goes on terminal number 1. The issue you are having does not sound like an issue caused by the defrost timer. You should check the frost pattern on the freezer coils. If there is an iceball where the lines come in through the back wall of the unit, there is a Freon loss. If there is no frost at all there may be no Freon in the sealed system at all or, if the compressor is hot, there could be a sealed system restriction. If there is frost built up heavily, the unit may have a defrost issue.

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Kent,

If your wire colors are black on 1 pink on 2, red on 3 and orange of 4 then the jumper wire will go to terminal 2. If the wire colors are orange to number 1, pink to number 2, white to number 3, and red to 4 then the black lead will go on terminal number 1.

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Hello Chris,
You will need to connect the black jumper lead on the defrost timer to the number 1 terminal of the defrost timer.

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Hello Germain,
You will need to connect the black jumper lead to terminal number "1" for this application.

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Hello Ken, according to the diagram for the model number you've supplied you will want to slide the black wire on terminal #2. Hope this helps!

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Hello Tim. You will need to place the black wire onto terminal number 1 of the timer. Thank you.

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