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WP EL7ATRRMQ fridge case heater wire- Why no more anti-condensation switches?


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Anyone know how to identify the wire supplying the case heater in WP/Frigidaire/Kenmore etc refrigerators? I have a pair of WP sidekicks.  One all freezer the other all fridge.  I found and brazed a leak in the evaporator in the fridge.  Vacuumed it down and refilled it.  It's been holding temps and pressures for a week.  Time to put it back in.  I've built the pair into the cabinetry.  1/2 inch all around (or so), but the there is ~6 inches at the back, open from floor to ceiling.  Plenty of breathing space for the condenser and compressor.  But since it's been pulled out, I've discovered that the damn case heater gets the sides to 110 deg with it sitting in the middle of the room. Like 130 or more once it's back in and there's no switch!  It never gets above 70 in my house and is usually mid 60's.  I've no need for the anti-condensation heater and want it gone.  But can't find the wire.  I've got a JPEG of both schematics but I also can't figure how to attach it to this post. I don't see the heater in the diagram. All the French doesn't help.

Why did they find it necessary to stop putting "energy saver" switches in our fridges?  When no one had A/C there were switches.  Now everyone has A/C and they've locked the anti-condensation heater permanently on with the compressor at 110 degrees!?! 

My next step is start snipping likely looking culprits until I find the guilty one.  I'd rather not though.

Thanks for reading.  Any advice will be very much appreciated. 

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DON'T start cutting wires, you do NOT have any electric ?case heaters, (actual name: mullion heater).

The refrigeration line is looped around the door area, the hot compressed gas runs thru this loop around the door area before releasing the heat when it passes through the condenser.

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I would also check the operation / speeds of the condenser motor...operating at the correct speeds??? correct fan???....rear panel installed??? condenser coil clean/clear???

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No condenser fan, static condenser.

The parts breakdown shows only the condenser under the defrost drain pan which seems too small to be the complete condenser.  I'm pretty sure the condenser coils are also contained in the side walls of this unit.

Pushed into a chubby hole, I can see the sides getting up to the temps you are seeing.  Being out in the open room, 100 degree side wall temp would be normal condenser temp.

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