If you have a samsung refrigerator with the szab001ta1 ice maker you have a problem.
Force defrost samsung french door fridge.
If youre troubleshooting a defrosting problem with your samsung refrigerator one of the first things youll want to do is manually put it into defrost mode so you can use your meter and see if the control board is sending 120vac to the defrost heater.
A few months ago the fan started making.
To put a samsung refrigerator into forced defrost mode you need to press a few button sequences press both the power freeze and fridge buttons at the same time hold both buttons in until display beeps and goes blank to force fridge defrost element to come on press freezer button a second time.
Samsung recommends first trying to reset your ice maker as this might propel the appliance into action to defrost itself.
Tech tip 27 why force a defrost samsung refrigeration.
If the defrost sensor fuse blows the defrost system will not work and the refrigerator will not defrost.
If the defrost sensor fails to shut off the defrost heater the fuse will blow in order to shut off the defrost heater.
Manual defrost for samsung refrigerator rf261 by aengineer2 dec 5 2014 12 10pm pst.
Then press any other button until fd comes up.
To force defrost a samsung refrigerator press the power freeze and fridge buttons on tabletop control models at the same time for 8 seconds until the display panel turns blank.
The solution sent out to all samsung service techs in a bulletin is in the new post on this subject here.
Those may include the fill tube heater damper door heaters and duct heaters besides the obvious defrost heater.
Force defrost fan hitting iced over coils making noice when fridge door closed.
I have a samsung rf261 french door refrigerator with bottom freezer.
The defrost sensor has a fuse to back up the sensor in case the sensor fails.
Press the power freeze and fridge buttons simultaneously for about 8 seconds until the display goes blank.
Then press any other button until fd appears.