** fridge **
Make? Model number??
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** My guess is it could be a faulty defrost heater. …water maybe getting into it and making it short out **
That might be a possibility.
** Could I be on the right track **
If it only occurs when the fridge is in a defrost cycle (ie. not ‘running’), that *might* be a possibility… although I don’t recall ever coming across such a case myself. Otherwise the heater should not be in the circuit to cause a short.
** if so how do I confirm that it is the element. **
Check the heater circuit for a short to ground *when the problem is occurring* (ie. before defrosting it – but unplugging the appliance first of course).
Dan O.
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