Hey guys, I am working on a frigidaire stainless side by side fridge/freezer. We have had it in storage about a year, so I brought it home and it wont freeze in the freezer side, which also makes the fridge side warm too. So here is what i have done. I dint see any oil where it was stored on the ground. I pulled the run capacitor, and it has 15 uf, i tested the starter, it has 120 volts both upper poles, i checked for a short on the compressor it was good on all three posts, also I checked resistance, and it checked ok. I can hear the compressor start and all the fans are running, but no cold. SO today I took off the back panel inside the freezer and looked around. I unplugged the wires to the defrost heater and I have 93 volts AC, I would think I would have 0, so now I am thinking that I have a heater that is staying on all the time and not letting it freeze, what voltage should I have on these two wires when not in defrost cycle? Also on this model i cant seem to find a defrost timer, is it controlled by the thermostat, or have I missed something. I am starting to see some frost on the coils inside the of the freezer on the coil, not sure if it was doing that before or not, but I have some hope. Any help would be greatly appreciated, Bruce!!
