SOURCE: AMANA SIDE BY SIDE, INOP, FREEZER COILS ICE, FAN
Check the BLUE wire from the temp control to the ORANGE wire of the defrost timer for continuity. That is the complete fan circuit. You should read the resistance of the Evap fan motor. If you do not read resistance suspect the pins of the evap fan motor connector or... the Unbilical harness from near the evap to the icemaker and the evap fan. The connector pins of the Evap fan motor connector (Freezer connector) are notorious for failing.
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Kelly
SOURCE: I have an amana abc2037des.
In both cases it was the defrost timer, an electric clock switch that turns the defrost on & off. On these, you can check this by manually advancing the timer until it goes into defrost. On my ~8 year old Amana, the timer can be advanced at a recessed screwdriver-slotted red knob on the ceiling of the frig portion just behind the panel with the temp controls. If yours has this, advance the knob & see if the defrost turns on (you can tell because the switch clicks and if the compressor is running at the time, it shuts off).
Easy and cheap to replace, if that's the problem. Also if the thing's iced up you can defrost it a couple times this way and get air moving again until you can replace the part.
Other guess could not thermostat. That doesn't control defrost. First check for
power on the defrost heater. If none then check deforst timer for power
in. If present then change defrost timer. That is where power comes from
to the heater. If power then bad heater.
Thermostat controls the compressor. When the temp inside goes up the
thermostat turns on the compressor to cool the fridge or freezer. Here's the diagram. It looks like if the thermostat is "open", the heater won't run...
Also, in thius links, can check info...
- applianceaid.com/defrost_cycle.html
- applianceaid.com/frig_notcold.html#ff
Hope helps.
SOURCE: My amana bottom freezer refrigerator model
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SOURCE: Amana ARB9058CSO defrost system isn't working.
that's a calrod heater,they hardly ever go bad but it could be bad,try this,it's a good idea to change out the thermostat to while you're in there so do this,shut down the freezer control or unplug the machine,cut the two wires going to the thermostat located on top of the evap coil,wire the two wires together bypassing the thermostat,plug it in and put it in defrost,if the heater gets hot then you know the t-stat was bad and the heater is good,if it's in defrost and the heater doesn't get hot change out the heater and the t-stat and you shouldn't have to worry about either one of them going bad a gain.,also you can look at the t-stat,if it has clear plastic cap on top and it looks popped up on one side,it's bad,you can tell just by looking at the t-stat.hope this helps,when you cut the wires off of the t-stat cut them as close as you can to it so you can connect the new t-stat to the wires,when you get the new one the wire connectors come with the thermostat
of course it might be the defrost control
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