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Ge Profile refregerator: Both keep going up, but the freezer never gets back down

Mon, 19 Oct 2020 18:10:38 -0700

I have the exact problem. GE Profile - started a month ago - fridge side supposed to be at 37 and Freezer 0. Both keep going up, but the freezer never gets back down below 6 and just rises from there. I blow dried the back coils, no block of ice there. Side panels are normal, sounds are normal. High end fridge quickly becoming useless. Did you solve this Andrew?

⟐ Answer accepted Ekim 19, 2020 at 18:10 GMT-7

Ge Profile refregerator: How to replace a GE ap3996189 evaporator icing kit

Thu, 15 Oct 2020 15:47:21 -0700

I have a GE Monogram® Bar Refrigerator Module

Model #ZIBS240PSS and I need to replace the

GE ap3996189 evaporator icing kit. Does anyone have any advice on how to find a part breakdown. I’ve had this serviced twice without any luck, so I’m taking it upon myself to try to fix it. I finally got the part after 7 months on back order. Just want to do it correctly.

Thanks for any help.

Troy

⟐ Answer accepted Ekim 15, 2020 at 15:47 GMT-7

Ge Profile refregerator: Icemaker wont produce ice

Mon, 05 Oct 2020 16:47:07 -0700

If there is no flow of water to the ice maker what is the failing component that caused this?

⟐ Answered Ekim 05, 2020 at 16:47 GMT-7

GE Refrigerator: Refrigerator Won't Start Automatically

Mon, 11 Mar 2024 10:05:54 -0700

Refrigerator : GE TFX25ZP Side-by-side

Symptom: Everything seems to work except:

When the temp inside the refrigerator rises above set range, the refrigerator won’t start by itself. It will start when manually set the temp switch inside the refrigerator to “OFF” position first and then set to “Level 5”.
Then the compressor starts and cool to the set temp and stops running by itself.
Temp will start rise because compressor is not running.
Go to 1.

Is it because temperature sensing device malfunction? At least it detects cold temp to stop the compressor.

⟐ Edited Mart 11, 2024 at 10:05 GMT-7

Ge Profile refregerator: Why do my GE profile refrigerator inverters die every 5 years

Sat, 26 Sep 2020 08:18:26 -0700

The temp in my freezer and refrigerator went and stayed at 50. most links said the control panel. it was friday evening and couldn’t get the thee part by at least monday. in desperation, I called a serviceman who came saturday morning. he looked at the unit , felt around and diagnosed the inverter was bad. he replaced it and the machine works. I didn’t need the control panel and the money I saved for the panel went to the service charge, but at least, I didn’t sacrifice the time and food waiting for the panel. My concern and question is that the GE Profile was purchased in “09 and needed the inverter replaced in ‘15 and now in ‘20. My third inverter in 11 years. the first 2 lasted about 5 years each. What’s with the inverters? why do they go like that?

⟐ Commented Eylül 26, 2020 at 8:18 GMT-7

Ge Profile refregerator: Water dispenser and ice maker not working

Fri, 25 Sep 2020 17:46:32 -0700

Why my water dispenser and ice maker quit working

⟐ Answered Eylül 25, 2020 at 17:46 GMT-7

GE Refrigerator GSHL6PHX: I need to unplug and plug my refrigerator to work.

Mon, 18 Dec 2023 15:21:41 -0700

GE model number: GSHL6PHXBELS

So first time I noticed the freezer temperature went up to 20+ degrees I did the unplug and plug in, it went back to normal, but only for a day or two, the problem comes back, then i have to do it again, and now it stays that way. Please help Thank you!

⟐ Edited Aralık 18, 2023 at 15:21 GMT-7

Ge Profile refregerator: water works for 1 minute when I unplug power and plug back in.

Fri, 11 Sep 2020 08:28:57 -0700

just replaced water filter and still not working.

I unplug the power cord, plug it back in and water duspenser works for about 1 minute, then nothing again

⟐ Answered Eylül 11, 2020 at 8:28 GMT-7

Ge Profile refregerator: If my freezer works but refrigerator is cold could it be the compresso

Wed, 09 Sep 2020 10:32:16 -0700

If the freezer section is working but the refrigerator section is not getting cold could it be the compressor

⟐ Answered Eylül 09, 2020 at 10:32 GMT-7

GE Refrigerator: Refrigerator not getting cold enough

Mon, 20 May 2024 13:45:22 -0700

My Ge profile refrigerator (model PSC25SGSA-SS) is not getting cold enough :freezer-5-6 , refrigerator-45-47.

Here is what i know:

1-compressor-running

2-compressor fan-running

3-compressor coil- cleaned

4-evaporator-no ice build and is ice cold

5-evaporator-fan running

6-defrost thermometer- just replaced

7-defrost heat bulb-just replaced

8-temp sensor on evaporator-just replaced

9-control board -visually checked “good” no burned solder joints, no resistors burnt, no capacitor bulging at the top.

10-when i adjust the temperature on the freezer or refrigerator side higher. The refrigerator does turn off the compressor and fans.

11-when i replace the defrost thermometer the freezer side got to 0 to -2 but refrigerator side never got below 42

12-test the door switches on both door- working properly.

I am at my witts end, please advise.

thank you

⟐ Answer edited Mayıs 20, 2024 at 13:45 GMT-7

GE Refrigerator: GE Profile PSS26MSTESS very warm then cold again

Fri, 08 Mar 2024 17:17:46 -0700

We have a GE Profile PSS26MSTESS that came with our house. No idea how old it is.

On Sunday, we found that the fridge had warmed up to 60 F. The Freezer at that time was at -6 F.

We reset the power, tried messing with the set temperature, and left it for about an hour. The freezer warmed up to about -2 and the refrigerator side stayed at 60.

Figuring it was dead, we removed everything from it and took the food to my grandmother’s place.

I do not think the door was stuck open or anything because on the occasions that we have done that, we usually notice a large quantity of condensation on the steel doors from the escaping cold air and there was nothing like that here.

Now it’s Tuesday. For Monday and today the Fridge has seemed to hold temperature at 0 F for the Freezer and 33 F for the Refrigerator.

Our home warranty company can’t get anyone out here for at least another week.

I am not sure what to think. It seems to be holding temperature now but I am disinclined to trust it.

Any ideas?

⟐ Edited Mart 08, 2024 at 17:17 GMT-7

GE Refrigerator: Antique GE Fridge cool, but not cold, running a lot.

Fri, 08 Mar 2024 17:27:45 -0700

I have an old (maybe 1950’s) GE model LB 81SC.

It’s a small fridge that I just want to keep drinks in the garage in. It worked fine when i bought it, but later seemed to struggle to stay cold. I moved and didn’t use it for a year and thought i would plug it in again recently.

It runs a lot, and the evaporator in the small freezer section gets cold, at first it dropped into the 20’s, but now it’s got water drops on it that aren’t frozen. It has no fans either for condenser or evaporator. The condenser on the back is clean. The compressor gets hot, but the heat doesn’t seem to travel very far into the condenser, i don’t know how warm the condenser is.

The thermostat seems to work, it kicks on when i turn it to colder anyhow.

It’s staying in the low 40’s in there most of the time, but now the freezer section isn’t frozen either and i’m feeling like it’s running nearly constantly. It should really stay in the 30’s.

How do I go about troubleshooting an old simple unit like this?

thanks

⟐ Edited Mart 08, 2024 at 17:27 GMT-7

GE Refrigerator: unlock it to get it swing open again to get a new filter in

Mon, 11 Mar 2024 09:49:17 -0700

I have Ge refrigerator the cartridge the water cartridge is in the refrigerator it swings out to the left to get it out it’s the long one that fits in the refrigerator somehow the mechanism got locked without the water filter being in there how to unlock it to get it swing open again to get a new filter in Any answers thank you

⟐ Edited Mart 11, 2024 at 9:49 GMT-7

GE Refrigerator: Why does water pour down when changing filters?

Mon, 11 Mar 2024 10:24:00 -0700

When I remove the old water filter inside my GE model GSS23WSTASS, water pours out until I can get the new filter installed.

⟐ Edited Mart 11, 2024 at 10:24 GMT-7

GE Refrigerator GSH25JFX: Why is the evaporator fan running but not blowing air into the fridge?

Fri, 17 May 2024 09:24:32 -0700

I have a GE side by side refrigerator/freezer model GSH25JFXB. We noticed a few days ago that the evaporator fan is running almost continuously. Since then we have been monitoring temperatures in the refrigerator and freezer, and although the freezer is staying cold enough the refrigerator temps have been getting too warm at times. Although the evaporator fan is running, we don’t feel the cold air blowing into the refrigerator. My husband is pretty handy with fixing some kinds of appliances with the help of youtube, but is not very familiar with refrigerators. Does this sound like something we need to pay a repairman to come in and look at, or should we just replace the whole thing? (It is just over 10 years old). Or, is there something fairly simple we can do to check and see for ourselves if something simple is wrong that we could fix ourselves?

⟐ Answer edited Mayıs 17, 2024 at 9:24 GMT-7

GE Refrigerator: defrost water is leaking inside of my GE refrigerator

Fri, 08 Mar 2024 17:27:23 -0700

my GE refrigerator’s water from the defrost cycle I think is leaking thru the screw that holds the base of the rack because between the rack base it can be seen the rusty water and deposits under the baskets at the floor(inside of the unit).

⟐ Edited Mart 08, 2024 at 17:27 GMT-7

GE Refrigerator: refrigerator is more like lukewarm. I can’t keep milk or anything

Mon, 11 Mar 2024 10:17:23 -0700

My GE Refrigerator works now. It had been acting up. That is in the top(Freezer part). The bottom part which is the refrigerator is more like lukewarm. I can’t keep milk or anything in it There is a ice buildup underneath the freezer on each end of the bottom of it. The refrigerator is warm and the freezer is cold. What can I check?

⟐ Edited Mart 11, 2024 at 10:17 GMT-7

GE Refrigerator DFE29JMD: GE DFE29JMDEES refrigerator not cooling

Fri, 08 Mar 2024 17:26:10 -0700

I have a GE DFE29JMDEES refrigerator that is not cooling below 42 degrees. Seems odd but when the temp in the frig goes down then the temp in the freezer goes up. I pulled the drawers and looked at the evaporator coil and it doesnt have any frost. Could the evaporator fan still be the problem or is it something else?

⟐ Edited Mart 08, 2024 at 17:26 GMT-7

GE Refrigerator DSHS5PGX: Ice maker not making enough ice

Mon, 11 Mar 2024 10:04:42 -0700

I have a GE dshs5pgxaess side by side refrigerator. We have noticed that it is not making enough ice (barely enough to fill a couple of glasses). I pulled it out vac’d a little dust out, unplugged to see if maybe the ice maker needed to reset. Have freezer set at 0 and refrigerator set at 38. All I have to read temp is a gauge for car ac. It shows freezer at 30 and refrigerator at 48ish . The front display shows the temps are at 0 in freezer and 48 in refrigerator. I don’t know where else to look. I do hear it running. I checked the water line and it is ok. Fan on back bottom left is turning fine. Took the ice cream out and it is very soft.Please help. BTW-I do not know how to work a voltage meter.

Thank you

Andrea

⟐ Edited Mart 11, 2024 at 10:04 GMT-7

Ge Profile refregerator: Freezer 20º-Refrigerator 60º (a recurring problem)

Wed, 19 Dec 2018 05:55:20 -0700

Since June 2018, our GE fridge has done this over and over: freezer at 20º refrigerator is at 60º. (Checked with external thermometer). It just starts working on its own--days later--usually after tossing out a lot of food.

GE tech arrived when it had already started working again, "educated" us to power down for 10 minutes, restart. Tried this X4. It's now not working.

Tech is due tomorrow. What should he/she be looking for? Thermistors and motherboards don't "heal" themselves!

Thanks!

⟐ Answer accepted Aralık 19, 2018 at 5:55 GMT-7