Ge Refrigerator Evaporator Fan Not Working

If you have a dual evaporator model and you need to check the fresh food evaporator fan please refer to this page.

Ge refrigerator evaporator fan not working.

Fresh food not cooling on ge dual evaporator refrigerators. If the freezer isn t working you should be able to tell quickly. Open the freezer door and feel for cool air with your hand. If your refrigerator isn t cooling and you don t hear the fridge fan running this video guides you through diagnosing what s wrong with the refrigerator evaporator fan.

Refrigerators that have. The evaporator fan motor draws cold air over the evaporator coils and circulates it throughout the freezer. If this occurs the freezer may still get cold while the refrigerator will not get cold. This section of the ge refrigerator fan motor page talks about noisy fan motors on ge electronic refrigerators.

The refrigerator condenser fan plays an essential role in the refrigeration cycle but not all refrigerators have one. The main board controls the fan motors on these refriger. To determine if the evaporator fan motor is defective try turning the fan blade by hand. If the freezer is cold there likely isn t an issue with the evaporator fan motor.

If the fan is not running unplug the refrigerator and remove the evaporator fan cover. The purpose of the evaporator fan in a refrigerator is to circulate cold air from the evaporator coils throughout the food storage compartments. If you can hear the compressor running but the fridge isn t cooling the problem is most likely either frost clogged evaporator coils or a stuck or broken evaporator fan. See how to use continuity checks to identify the problem and make sure that the fan motor electronic control board and the wiring that connects them are work correctly.

If the fan blade does not turn freely replace the fan motor. This video will walk you through refrigerator fan motor diagnostics for ge electronic refrigerators. In many cases the problem is do to the fact that the evaporator fan cannot operate freely due to an ice. Replace the refrigerator evaporator fan.

To determine if the evaporator fan motor is defective try turning the fan blade by hand. If the evaporator fan is not working it will not circulate the cold air to the refrigerator compartment. If the evaporator fan is not working the freezer or refrigerator will not cool adequately. Refrigerator condenser fan motor troubleshooting.