"alt-hvac Moderated" wrote in message
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huh? I'm not sure what you tried to say.

Some defrost timers are powered only when the compressor runs. But I've
got
little or no clue what you tried to say.

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Christopher A. Young

This is Turtle.

What your tring to speak on is a frigidaire 3 terminal defrost timer set up.
It will have only 3 wires run to the defrost timer and will have the defrost
timer wire [2] run from the run over to the defrost element and if the timer
is in run. It will send power through the timer motor and on to netural out
through the defrost element. then when it is in defrost. It will send power
through the defrost timer motor to netural out through the compressor
circuit. Wired this way it will only log time of the 6 hours of defrost time
and only go into defrost ever 6 hours of the compressor run time and can go
into defrost as long as 2 days before getting 6 hours of run time on the
timer cycle. When the thermostat cuts power to the power terminal of the
compressor leg. It also cut the power off to the timer motor. This is call
acculumitive time of the defrost cycle. Now Stormy this is what you was
tring to say it had and I know you know how it works now don't you ?

Now again Stormy. If it had this type of system. If it had a broken or bad
defrost element. the system would shut down and never come back on if it was
this type system when the defrost element or terminator broke the circuit.
If you knew the circuits that the refrigerator have on the 4 different type
cycle systems that can be used. You would know if you had a broken defrost
element, that you could not have a defrost timer running for a while and
stopping for 5 or 6 hour and go back to running because you can't have a
intermitten problem with a burnt defrost element. Now stormy you do know
your over your head here with 3 wire defrost timer systems.

Now stormy you need to call Frigidaire toll free number and ask for a wiring
diagram of a frigidaire refrigerator more than 15 to 18 years old and you
will get the 3 wire defrost timer system and see the wiring diagram as it is
suppose to run. The people there will know exactly what your talking about
for frigidaire would do this on all their models years ago.

Now one thing before i close here and that is this : Stormy you need to have
some kind of formal training on refrigerators and their repair before you
try to explain or trouble shoot on the newsgroups for it is getting kind of
stupid the way you walk off into the complex problem and give a I really
don't know **** but i'm going to answer anyway. You can get with any of the
hvac or small appliance supply house and when they have schools on different
brands. You can get the inside scoop on how they work and be able to know
what your talking about when you speak. Until you get to know these systems,
your going to be putting your foot in your mouth all the time. Until then
try to refraim from tring to trouble shoot a system that you don't know how
it works in the first place. A education in this field is a wonderful thing
and you need to get you some of it if your going to speak about them for
just going out and looking at system and guessing as to the problem will
only get you called a hack and you will catch hell all the time around here.

TURTLE