Samsung Refrigerator Evaporator Fan Motor Testing

Hopefully this will help someone else who tries to trouble shoot their own fridge.

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. Insert the test probes in the connector on the fan motor leads. The top cause of fan motor breakdowns is a bad run capacitor. After a couple of seconds the evaporator fan should start spinning.

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. One more thing before you start testing. 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. The electronic control board is not sending power the evaporator fan motor.

Samsung refrigerator evaporator fan motor testing. If it does run in the bench test replace the electronic control board. The fan tested positive ran so there must be some fault in the motor control board. 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.

Check the evaporator coils to determine if they are frosted over. If you don t hear the fan running most likely fan blades blocked by ice. If the fan does not run in the bench test replace the evaporator fan motor. The evaporator fan can be found behind the rear panel of the freezer and testing it yourself can help you troubleshoot freezer issues and save you money in repairs.

Now fridge only getting to 41 although set for 36 38. Set the function switch to ohms on an auto ranging dmm or the r x 1 scale on a manual ranging dmm. That s the procedure for a samsung refrigerator fan noise fix according to samsung. 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.

If you have a fridge that is not ge. The fully twisted wire goes to white or groud.