"Hi, it's Steve.
Today we'd like to show you how to change the defrost termination thermostat on your
refrigerator.
This is a really easy repair, let me show you how we do it.
Now, before we begin this repair, the first thing we'll need to do is to disconnect power
to the refrigerator.
You just pull it far enough forward that you can unplug it, or locate the electrical panel,
turn off the appropriate breaker or remove the appropriate fuse.
Once we've done that, we'll need to remove the items in the freezer and then we can start
the repair.
Now, we've removed all of the shelving at the bottom of the freezer compartment.
Next, we're going to remove the screws that secure that evaporator cover in place.
Next we'll just slip that over to bottom.
Let it drop down.
Now, once we've got that evaporator cover turned around, we're next going to remove
the two wire terminals from the light socket, and then we can lift that panel completely
out of the freezer and set it aside.
Now, with your defrost termination thermostat, it's located on that bend of tubing at the
back of the evaporator.
Next we're going to just cut through that zip tie so we can unravel that harness.
You use caution when cutting that zip tie that we don't damage the wire.
Now, we're going to unclip that thermostat from the evaporator.
We use caution when doing this so that we don't damage that tubing.
Now, next we'll we need to cut the existing wires to that thermostat.
We'll also need to cut that brown wire as well.
We'll remove the old thermostat and discard it.
Next, we'll put the new thermostat.
We'll begin by cutting out the excess brown wire and then we'll strip back about 3'7 inch
of that insulation.
Just make sure that we didn't cut through any of the copper.
Now we have that thermostat ready.
We'll next trim back the insulation on the wire harness in the freezer.
Next we'll join the two sets of wires together.
Now, using either a standard wire nut or a crimp on butt splice connector, we'll seal
those joints up.
Make sure we have a
nice solid connection.
We'll repeat for orange wire.
I also suggest that you take some electrical tape and tape off those joints to prevent
moisture from getting in.
Now with our connections secure, we can then position that thermostat onto the tubing.
You attach that spring clip in the same position as the original.
We'll tidy up those harnesses, and we'll zip-tie those together.
Just trim off the excess.
Now we're ready to reconnect that light socket.
Just carefully reattach those wires, two different size terminals so it makes it hard to mix
them up.
Make sure they fit nice and snug, and if they don't take a pair of needle nose pliers and
then gently crimp that connector.
Then we'll pivot that evaporator cover into position.
Tuck the top edge up here underneath the upper cover and then secure it with the screws.
Now with the evaporator cover back in place, we can then put our shelving in and restock
the freezer.
We're now ready to push the refrigerator back into place, reconnect the power, and our repair
is complete."