ge refrigerator

[homey]

i am servicing a GE PGSS5PJYASS  a year ago had replaced inverter for no cool. call states freezer fine, ref not cold. checked damper was open, ohmed  thermister checked good. col air blowing from freezer...changed thermister...2 days go by was fine. went back and found damper closed. manually opened and disconnected power to damper...3  days cold now to 56 degrees freezer at 5 degrees...any ideas?

[16345Ed]

5 hours ago, homey said:

3  days cold now to 56 degrees freezer at 5 degrees...any ideas?

Not exactly following above statement 

 

Did you test damper via diagnostics?

If damper opens and closes  in test and you replaced the thermistor main board is all that’s left. 

If damper doesn’t work in test mode, you likely need new damper verify by insuring it’s getting voltage. 

Edited April 4, 2018 by 16345Ed

[Lighthouse]

14 hours ago, homey said:

manually opened and disconnected power to damper...3  days cold now to 56 degrees freezer at 5 degrees...any ideas?

From what I gather from this statement is that you left the damper disconnected? If the FF section is that warm with the damper always open the it appears to me that there is an air restriction somewhere. Is the return back to the freezer clear?

[homey]

13 hours ago, 16345Ed said:

Not exactly following above statement 

 

Did you test damper via diagnostics?

If damper opens and closes  in test and you replaced the thermistor main board is all that’s left. 

If damper doesn’t work in test mode, you likely need new damper verify by insuring it’s getting voltage. 

do not have diagnostic chart, i left unit disconnected and got those results

[homey]

3 hours ago, Lighthouse said:

From what I gather from this statement is that you left the damper disconnected? If the FF section is that warm with the damper always open the it appears to me that there is an air restriction somewhere. Is the return back to the freezer clear?

return air is clear...i disconnected and left damper 1/4 open to see what results i would get

[16345Ed]

16 minutes ago, homey said:

do not have diagnostic chart, i left unit disconnected and got those results

If you are a tech servicing appliances I highly recommend you join this site. Then you will have access to those documents. 

Are you sure the damper doesn’t close on its own once power is removed? Did you visually inspect damper after power was removed and then again when you recorded those temperatures to verify it’s still open?

[LearningTech]

If your a tech apply for legacy tech status its free. Its possible that “1/4 of the way open is insufficent to cool to 40 deg in the conditions. Thats why 1/4 is not the max.  Fan stopping? And ice in air supply?

[homey]

i would like to apply for legacy tech status, how do i go about it?

[homey]

i filled out the questioner and there was nowhere to submit

 

[16345Ed]

23 minutes ago, homey said:

i filled out the questioner and there was nowhere to submit

 

Submit button at bottom of this screen...

 

[homey]

thank you for providing info for legacy status...working on downloads now