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Posted: Fri Oct 22nd, 2010 03:18 am

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A local repair shop attempted to replace my condenser fan and in the process he removed the wires from the control board harness connector that mates with the fan harness connector. He couldn't figure out how to put it back and eventually gave up. How hard can this be? I have the wiring diagram that was attached inside the refrigerator but it doesn't show enough detail to re-install the connector.

There are 4 wires on the fan: Red, White, Yellow, and Blue. There are only 3 wires in the harness that connects to the control board: Red, White, and Pink. Schematic says Red is 12VDC, White is Fan Common, and Pink is Condenser Fan. Schematic doesn't show the 4 wires between the fan motor and its harness connector. Only shows the Red, White, and Pink wires between control board and fan. The big question is what color wire from the control board mates with what color from the fan motor.

I would guess:
Red <> Red
White <> White

Is the 3rd connection:
Pink <> Blue
or
Pink <> Yellow

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Posted: Fri Oct 22nd, 2010 03:44 am

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what's the part number of the replacement Condenser Fan ?

did your original Condenser Fan have (4) wires ?

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Posted: Fri Oct 22nd, 2010 04:06 am

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You're right:

Red to Red
White to White
Pink to YELLOW

The blue wire is RPM feedback to the main control which is not used.

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Posted: Fri Oct 22nd, 2010 06:06 am

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I thank you very much. I will give it a try with Pink <> Yellow. I hope the guy didn't damage the control board fiddling around trying to make the fan work.

Both the original and replacement fans are WR60X10155. Both with 4 wires. I think the problem occurred because the tech was complaining how hard it is to access the fan and he apparently lost his patience trying to remove the old one and just started pulling.

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Posted: Fri Oct 22nd, 2010 01:51 pm

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jceeetle wrote: I hope the guy didn't damage the control board fiddling around trying to make the fan work.

depending on the 'old' Fan problem, that may have damaged the MotherBoard ..

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Posted: Fri Oct 22nd, 2010 05:38 pm

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most likely the problem was with the board to begin with. those condensor motors are pretty reliable. yes pink goes to yellow. once you get it all hooked back up i bet the motor still wont run. for a quick test and temporary fix until you can get a replacement board, install a jumper wire between the pink and red wires. this will force the condensor fan motor to run 24/7 which will get you going again. you dont want to leave the jumper in as a permanent fix because the fan motor will have a short life.

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Posted: Fri Oct 22nd, 2010 11:07 pm

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It's fixed! Thanks for your help guys. Here's a summary of what happened for those interested.

Issue: My refrigerator was making a ticking noise that my wife could not tolerate. (She's the sensitive type)

I called a local repair company and the diagnosis was the condenser fan motor. The motor was running but supposedly the shaft was making noise. The repair tech had a lot of trouble removing the fan motor due to limited access on top of the fridge. He was complaining the whole time. When he left the fan wasn't running but he attributed it to the system needing to warm up. He even called another tech who confirmed it. So I let him leave. The fan never came on.

The guy came back twice when I wasn't home and my wife has no idea what he was doing but he eventually gave up and said call GE or another repair company. Here's what I found.

1. The fan motor harness connector must pass through a very small hole that you cannot see. Apparently he just ripped the fan connector through because the old fan motor just has bare wires.

2. The mating connector on the harness back to the control board was in a bag when I took over the problem. I don't know why it was removed but maybe it had something to do with him ripping the fan motor out. This is why I was inquiring here what the wire colors were for.

3. I attempted to put the wires back in the harness connector when I noticed one pin was broken. I don't know if this was the cause of the problem or whether it just happened when he was trying to get it to work.

4. I didn't know where to get this type of pin so I just went to Radio Shack and bought a different 4 pin connector and changed out the motor and mating harness. The fan started running immediately. Should it ever fail again the new one won't mate with the new connector but it's easy enough to change it out. I used the same type of connector you'd find on a computer hard drive.

As is stated in an earlier post, the condenser motor wiring for a GE Monogram built-in refrigerator is:
RED to RED
WHITE to WHITE
PINK to YELLOW
BLUE is not used (it is used on the evaporator fan which has a very similar motor to the condenser fan)

Thanks again everyone who helped.

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Posted: Sat Oct 23rd, 2010 03:26 am

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Hope you did not pay for the service call..............A good tech will stop, and re assess, maybe go to the service vehicle and kick a tire...... return and fix the problem............( .Never let them see you sweat ).......... :cool:

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Posted: Sat Oct 23rd, 2010 01:18 pm

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Wow, what a sad, sorry tale of appliance butchery! Nice job getting it going!

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