Samsung Refrigerator Evaporator Fan Motor Testing

In this video i show you how to remove and test the fan inside the refrigerator compartment on your samsung refrigerator.

Samsung refrigerator evaporator fan motor testing.

That s the procedure for a samsung refrigerator fan noise fix according to samsung. If you don t hear any noise from the fan at all and the evaporator motor and lights seem to be working normally that s a pretty good indication that something is wrong with the fan. The fan tested positive ran so there must be some fault in the motor control board. Always visually check the capacitor before you start testing because ruptured capacitors and capacitors with dents or any other types of deformities are obviously broken and you need to replace them as soon as possible.

If you have a french door refrigerator close the left door and put an ordinary magnet on the right side of the fridge to simulate the right door closing. Insert the test probes in the connector on the fan motor leads. Hopefully this will help someone else who tries to trouble shoot their own fridge. If you don t hear the fan running most likely fan blades blocked by ice.

The partly twisted wire goes one each to red power and blue signal sorry put the fan back in and forgot to get a pic. During a bench test the service technician will apply 120 volts to the evaporator fan motor to see whether it runs or not. The electronic control board is not sending power the evaporator fan motor. If your freezer stops getting cold but you can hear the condenser motor in the refrigerator working there s a good chance the problem is with your evaporator fan motor.

The fully twisted wire goes to white or groud. Set the function switch to ohms on an auto ranging dmm or the r x 1 scale on a manual ranging dmm. The top cause of fan motor breakdowns is a bad run capacitor. If it does run in the bench test replace the electronic control board.

Now fridge only getting to 41 although set for 36 38. After a couple of seconds the evaporator fan should start spinning. If you have a fridge that is not ge. Samsung refrigerator evaporator fan motor testing.

Check the evaporator coils to determine if they are frosted over. One more thing before you start testing.