Samsung DA47-00244W Refrigerator Defrost Heater OEM Part

I replaced the temperature sensor, the thermo fuse, and the heating element that thaws the evaporator on a cycle to keep the evaporator from freezing up. The most time consuming part of the repair was waiting for the fridge to thaw out so that I could remove the cover. I disconnected the fridge the night before and placed a fan on low with the doors open so that it was thawed out when I awoke. It was easy to remove the evaporator cover once I removed all of the shelves. I took pics as i was removing everything to make sure I plugged everything back in its correct location. Be careful to straighten any cooling fins that get bent and make sure the shroud around the heating element is back in place closely around the heating element. Hope this helps someone else.

Looked up similar problems on internet. Watched U-Tube fixes and removal of back panel. Took 24 hours to defrost and be able to remove back panel and syrofoam in one piece. Then went to AppliancePartsPros.com, ordered all the defrost parts with some help by Chat to get right pieces for my fridge model. The parts arrived in 2 days. It was very simple followed video. Took about 1 hour to remove and replace parts. All parts are plug in so minimal tool requirement. I waited over month to make sure it had solved problem and fridge is working as it should now no apparent problems. Contacting Samsung only gave the answer of "call a technician" at about $500.00!! The parts and shipping were less than $100.00. I am 71 and female. Anyone could do this repair.

Hardest part of this job was getting the coils completely defrosted so that I could remove the "Twin Cooling" plastic cover. After removing the cover, used a blow dryer on low heat to melt any remaining ice. Then, I removed the lower back cover to access the defroster drains and poured hot tap water into the inside drain (at the bottom of the coil unit) until it flowed freely out of the bottom drain. Disconnected the coil defroster electric connections, then used a flat blade screwdriver to gently pry the aluminum tabs away from the old defroster element (take lots of pictures first, so that you can reinstall new coil in the same orientation). Installed the new defroster coil and resecured by gently pushing the aluminum tabs around the new coil element. Re-connected all electrical connections and re-installed the twin cooling cover. So far, so good. Will watch to make sure ice does not re-form at the vent holes in the cooling cover. If it does, goodbye Samsung...I will have learned my lesson.

Watched video, ordered what I thought would be necessary from Appliance Parts Pros and decided to tackle myself. Success!

After reading different articles on this problem thought it could be any of 3 things wrong. So before going to the trouble of removing everything I ordered the heater, sensor and bi-metal protector. After doing the ohm checks on each, I only replaced the sensor and it seems to be working fine. Can't decide whether to send unused parts back or keep for further trouble.