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lisadunphy  
#1 Posted : Monday, June 11, 2012 7:14:29 AM(UTC)
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I have a WHirlpool side by side. I have found that to keep it at a steady termperature I need to occasionally open the fridge side door and tap (or bang) on the panel at the top that has the slider temperature settings. I do this and the unit turns on. I forget to and ice starts melting and the whole unit gets too warm. What needs to be fixed?
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richappy  
#2 Posted : Monday, June 11, 2012 8:28:17 AM(UTC)
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You probably have a sticking cold control, mode # would help.
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lisadunphy  
#3 Posted : Monday, June 11, 2012 8:44:41 AM(UTC)
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Model # ED5FHAXSQ00
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richappy  
#4 Posted : Monday, June 11, 2012 8:57:24 AM(UTC)
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Drop the control panel and tap on the cold control or the adaptive defrost board.
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lisadunphy  
#5 Posted : Monday, June 18, 2012 5:08:15 AM(UTC)
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Originally Posted by: richappy Go to Quoted Post
Drop the control panel and tap on the cold control or the adaptive defrost board.


Do I need to replace something? There is nothing in the part diagram called [FONT='Verdana','sans-serif']cold control or the adaptive defrost board[/FONT]
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richappy  
#6 Posted : Tuesday, June 19, 2012 2:34:42 AM(UTC)
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Just drop the control panel and tap on the pc board or control.
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#7 Posted : Tuesday, June 19, 2012 3:37:40 AM(UTC)
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Cold control is Item 9 in Section 3 (thermostat)
Adaptive defrost board is Item 6 in Section 3 (CNTRL-ELEC)

The next time it happens just move the freezer temperature control up/down a bit, if the unit/compressor starts then that is the part I would replace.
Do not turn it all the way down to off.
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