The freezer on our subzero keeps getting stuck off. If I check voltage across the thermostat wires at the defrost timer, I get around 3 to 6 volts, if that means anything. When I unplug wires from the thermostat to test, I get the full 120, and once I plug it back in, everything's fine. I've already replaced the thermostat and it did the same thing a week later.
This time, it happened because our freezer was freezing closed and my wife turned the thermostat down to let it thaw and it wouldn't come back up. I think the last two times it has happened it was when we were out for several days.
The last time I messed with it, I was trying to figure out a why to get it working without taking the thermostat back apart. I had the defrost timer disconnected and the breaker off for a while. When I put everything back together, the refrigerator compressor kicked in, but I heard several clicks, maybe a minute apart, for several minutes, before it finally did. I don't know if that is normal either, but the freezer compressor didn't kick on until the refrigerator compressor did.
Is there something I'm missing, or do you think my replacement thermostat is bad, too?
This time, it happened because our freezer was freezing closed and my wife turned the thermostat down to let it thaw and it wouldn't come back up. I think the last two times it has happened it was when we were out for several days.
The last time I messed with it, I was trying to figure out a why to get it working without taking the thermostat back apart. I had the defrost timer disconnected and the breaker off for a while. When I put everything back together, the refrigerator compressor kicked in, but I heard several clicks, maybe a minute apart, for several minutes, before it finally did. I don't know if that is normal either, but the freezer compressor didn't kick on until the refrigerator compressor did.
Is there something I'm missing, or do you think my replacement thermostat is bad, too?