I have a big GE Monogram side by side that I'm doing some repairs on, I
noticed there is a wire on the condenser fan that goes to a molex and
terminates there. I checked it out and if supplied with a common, the
fan runs continuously. This one and many others like it are plagued
with icing up occasionally. not a particularly big deal, just sometimes
the auto defrost gets behind, especially when it is humid. What would
be the harm in giving it a common and letting it run. I've even
considered a switch on it that would leave it optional.

Eric in North TX wrote:
I have a big GE Monogram side by side that I'm doing some repairs on, I
noticed there is a wire on the condenser fan that goes to a molex and
terminates there. I checked it out and if supplied with a common, the
fan runs continuously. This one and many others like it are plagued
with icing up occasionally. not a particularly big deal, just sometimes
the auto defrost gets behind, especially when it is humid. What would
be the harm in giving it a common and letting it run. I've even
considered a switch on it that would leave it optional.



How is a fan running constantly on the condenser supposed to stop icing
up inside the fridge?

the most important thing is the transfer of cold air from the freezer
to the fridge side, if you are blocking the vent, then the freezer will
heat up. If you are obstructing in slightly, then running the fan more
may help.

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Eric in North TX wrote:
I have a big GE Monogram side by side that I'm doing some repairs on, I
noticed there is a wire on the condenser fan that goes to a molex and
terminates there. I checked it out and if supplied with a common, the
fan runs continuously. This one and many others like it are plagued
with icing up occasionally. not a particularly big deal, just sometimes
the auto defrost gets behind, especially when it is humid. What would
be the harm in giving it a common and letting it run. I've even
considered a switch on it that would leave it optional.

How is a fan running constantly on the condenser supposed to stop icing
up inside the fridge?

Since it is the condensers that freeze up in a separate compartment on
top, I'd imagine it would help, the ones that get ice on the inside of
the fridge are a different design.

There are no condensors in the freezer section. Actually, there is no
condensor in the refrigerator section, either.

I've been fixing refrigerators for several years, and never seen a
condensor freeze. I've seen em dirty, I've seen em hot. But never
frozen.

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"Eric in North TX" wrote in message
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How is a fan running constantly on the condenser supposed to stop
icing
up inside the fridge?

Since it is the condensers that freeze up in a separate compartment on
top, I'd imagine it would help, the ones that get ice on the inside of
the fridge are a different design.

The condensor fan runs typically at the same time as the compressor.
It could be more efficient if it were on a thermal switch from the
discharge line to the condensor. But that would be one more part to
break. As if anyone cares?

--

Christopher A. Young
You can't shout down a troll.
You have to starve them.
..

"Eric in North TX" wrote in message
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I have a big GE Monogram side by side that I'm doing some repairs on,
I
noticed there is a wire on the condenser fan that goes to a molex and
terminates there. I checked it out and if supplied with a common, the
fan runs continuously. This one and many others like it are plagued
with icing up occasionally. not a particularly big deal, just
sometimes
the auto defrost gets behind, especially when it is humid. What would
be the harm in giving it a common and letting it run. I've even
considered a switch on it that would leave it optional.

Might increase it, by supercooling the refrigerant.

--

Christopher A. Young
You can't shout down a troll.
You have to starve them.
..

wrote in message
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Eric in North TX wrote:
I have a big GE Monogram side by side that I'm doing some repairs
on, I
noticed there is a wire on the condenser fan that goes to a molex
and
terminates there. I checked it out and if supplied with a common,
the
fan runs continuously. This one and many others like it are plagued
with icing up occasionally. not a particularly big deal, just
sometimes
the auto defrost gets behind, especially when it is humid. What
would
be the harm in giving it a common and letting it run. I've even
considered a switch on it that would leave it optional.



How is a fan running constantly on the condenser supposed to stop
icing
up inside the fridge?

There are no condensers in the freezer section. Actually, there is no
condenser in the refrigerator section, either.

I've been fixing refrigerators for several years, and never seen a
condenser freeze. I've seen em dirty, I've seen em hot. But never
frozen.


Ok, maybe I need a bit of a slap for incorrect term. Evaporator fan
perhaps. what ever it is called it moves air on the equivalent of the
A/C coil in a furnace. This set-up is; large compressor on a sliding
tray plumbed to a large coil (radiator?) above the freezer compartment,
cooling the entire box by moving air with the fan in question, freezer
section first, the migrating through a thermostat controlled vent into
the frig compartment. I've had frost free units that the fan was
running the entire time they were plugged in, not so good for open
containers of food, as it dried them out, but never a little bit of
frost, let alone ice. What I propose is to add a switch to the common
wire to run it constantly when needed. The circuit is 90% there, so
some model of the unit must have made some use of it.