Grenstreet,

You've already repaired it, and, cheaply too.

The most likely situation is :

You've got a loose connection on the terminals to the fan motor, or a partially broken, frayed wire in the cabinet.

It will check fine when tested for a circuit (9 VDC) but, cannot carry a circuit/ voltage through the wire (120 VAC).

You can check all the wire connections at the wall, and back at the condenser fan connection, and tighten them up , or re wire or "hard wire" the connections.

You could also leave things as they are, just make sure you seal around the wire you ran, so we dont get warm air into the freezer compartment, and cause other problems.

Good Luck,
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Grenstreet,

With the motor disconnected, and with the meter probes on the wire, there is no amperage / voltage draw on the circuit and you'll read 120 VAC.

When you connect the motor into the circuit, there is an amperage and voltage draw on the circuit.

If you have a loose connection, frayed wire,etc., the voltage / amp draw of the motor will cause the voltage to drop below minimum requirements, because the wire cannot supply the voltage and amperage to the component properly.

Electricity must flow, just like water.

If you restrict a stream of water , what happens, The water behind the dam builds up and overflows the banks of the stream. the pond below the stream goes dry or shrinks, same thing applies with electricity, when the flow gets restricted by a loose connection or frayed wiring(stream and dam) there's not enough power to run the motor (pond).

If you were to cut and trim a piece of 14 guage stranded wire, you'd find several smaller strands(8 or 10 strands) of copper wire.

If somewhere inside that insulation all those strands of wire are broken except 2, you'll read a closed circuit on the wire, however those two strands of wire are not capable of supplying the 120, VAC under a load,it will carry the static voltage.

Did this help any ??

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oh and another thing is that the voltage is varying as time goes by. yesterday I read voltage at 95 volts...today the fan would not even run because the voltage had dropped to around 45 volts. Does this tell u anything?

yes the fan is hooked up to an outlet via 14 gauge extension cord through the back of the freezer. the voltage I read was when the harness from the fridge is hooked up to the fan not the outlet. so far everthing is in order as far as temp in the fridge is at 36 and freezer is at 10 and the ice maker is working and water in the door is not freezing anymore.

OK I will be waiting
and thanks for the help