Disassembly Procedures
!
WARNING
To avoid risk of electrical shock, personal injury, or death, disconnect electrical power source to unit, unless test
procedures require power to be connected. Discharge capacitor through a resistor before attempting to service.
Ensure all earthing wires are connected before certifying unit as repaired and/or operational.
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terminals of new motor the same as old motor.
Defrost Terminator (Thermostat)
1. Terminator is fastened to evaporator tubing with a
spring clip.
2. Snap terminator off tubing and cut wires to terminator.
3. Remove terminator from unit.
Defrost Heater
1. Follow instructions in removing freezer back panel.
2. Remove hex head screws retaining evaporator to
back cabinet wall.
3. Disconnect plugs from both sides of heater.
4. Release connectors from air dams on each side of
evaporator coil.
5. Grip evaporator tubing at left and right sides and tug
evaporator sharply forward. Evaporator will pop out of
plastic clips that hold it to back wall of unit. Then roll
bottom of evaporator forward and up, exposing
evaporator heater in its location amid fins at bottom
of evaporator.
6. Taking care to notice how and where they are placed,
remove spring clips that hold heater into evaporator
fins.
7. Pull evaporator heater out of evaporator fins, being
careful that heater electrical leads do not snag on air
dams, evaporator fins, tubing or other object.
DEFROST CONNECTOR PLUGS
DEFROST HEATER
SPRING CLIPS
Evaporator Removal
NOTE:
Reclaim refrigerant per instructions in “Service
Procedures” before attempting evaporator
removal. To avoid system contamination, do not
leave system open for more than 10 minutes.
1. Follow instructions in removing freezer back panel.
2. Remove defrost thermostat. Refer to defrost
thermostat removal.
3. Remove defrost heater. Refer to defrost heater
removal.
4. Install protective cloth to prevent damage to cabinet
liner
5. Unbraze suction copper fitting at evaporator.
6. Score and break copper capillary at evaporator.
7. Install new evaporator and reassemble taking care in
not kinking tubing when reassembling.
SCORE CAPILARY TUBE
UNBRAZE COPPER
SUCTION FITTING
