At 08:11 AM 7/25/2004, Jason Willenbrock wrote:

>hey all,
>my extremely loud fridge fan will not shut itslef off.  is it possible that
>the tstat is bad?  i reached my hand thru the opening on left side of fridge
>cabinet and could touch the fins, they are not that hot.  the exhaust pipe
>yes, but the cooling fins, no.  the weather here is moderate, maybe 90's in
>the day and 60' at night.  the fan just runs, so i disconnected it.  i
>ordered a replacement fan from gowesty that is supposed to be quiter.  i am
>wondering if my tstat is also bad which is why the fan will not shut itself
>off.  what else could it be?  when i had the fridge out recently it looks
>like someone ahd played with these wires before, so maybe something is a
>miss there.
>TIA
>jason
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Yep, sounds like the thermoswitch is bad.  I think the one in mine is
rated to turn on at 50C  (122F)
You can probably get them from the usual suspects (volks cafe, BD, etc)

If not, you can get them at digi-key for about $10.
Here's one rated at 50C
<http://www.digikey.com/scripts/DkSearch/dksus.dll?Detail?Ref=306618&Row=86240&Site=US>317-1094-ND

Steve
'86 Westy "Escape Pod"  (EJ22)
'73 Beetle "ain't got a name yet"