If it's the old style design, you may have a bad termination
thermostat, or a bad defrost timer. What I do, is to wait
till the fridge is badly frosted. Advance the timer into
defrost mode, and check the amp draw of the fridge. Defrost
heaters run about 5 amps. That helps you decide what parts
to change.

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"robb" wrote in message
m...
my self-defrosting (Fridgedair - upright and side by side)
fridge is freezing up on a weekly cycle. If i defrost the
**cooling coils** in the freezer manually on Monday the
coils are
frozen/frosted up by the following Monday... essentially
blocking
the cold air from going to the refridgerator side.

When i manually defrosted i measured the resistance of the
heater
element going around the cooling coils at 19.2 Ohms ?

What could be possible conditions to cause such a problem ?

what sort of components or actions should i be doing to
repair ?

helpful advice greatly appreciated.
robb