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Good day to all,

Symptoms were as follows,

1.     Front lights flashing erratically.

2.     Compressor not cycling. (stays on 24/7)

3.     Evaporator freezing up.

4.     Interior fan not working.

5.     No response from any front control panel.

What I did was,

1.     Disconnected the entire pc board.  (Actually broke it out due to hot glue everywhere)

2.     Connected the compressor directly to an aftermarket thermostat.

3.     Reconnected the fan and interior light to the door switch.

 

Now, as per the attached wiring diagram, How the bugger does the auto defrost work?

It seems that it is connected directly to the live and neutral.

As far as I know the auto defrost usually goes to a little timer that will disconnect the compressor and relay power to the heater for an amount of time.

I can not see this circuit in the diagram. Or am I just totally stupid?

 

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Good day,

 

Sorted out. Fitted 2x stc-1000's to my fridge and freezer, and a MTD-8 to the freezer to defrost the ice every 12 hours for 20 minutes.

Still don't know how the fridge defrost works, but if I keep the temperature between 2-4 Celsius there is no ice buildup and the beers are nice and cold

The stc-1000's a wonderful little devices and cheap. I will be fitting this to an old Kelvinator fridge freezer soon.

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  • 1 year later...
On 2023/01/08 at 3:16 PM, Warlok said:

Good day to all,

Symptoms were as follows,

1.     Front lights flashing erratically.

2.     Compressor not cycling. (stays on 24/7)

3.     Evaporator freezing up.

4.     Interior fan not working.

5.     No response from any front control panel.

What I did was,

1.     Disconnected the entire pc board.  (Actually broke it out due to hot glue everywhere)

2.     Connected the compressor directly to an aftermarket thermostat.

3.     Reconnected the fan and interior light to the door switch.

 

Now, as per the attached wiring diagram, How the bugger does the auto defrost work?

It seems that it is connected directly to the live and neutral.

As far as I know the auto defrost usually goes to a little timer that will disconnect the compressor and relay power to the heater for an amount of time.

I can not see this circuit in the diagram. Or am I just totally stupid?

 

Fridge.thumb.jpg.42e0825d60e157ebd82ba1babb0e3294.jpg

 

 

I have got the same problem and is planning to fit the same timer. How did you get the black cover off to get to the pc board?

 

Edited by Holla

  • 5 months later...

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