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SERVICE SOLUTIONS
Frigidaire
NEXT GENERATION SIDE BY SIDE CONTROL SYSTEM

The Freezer and Refrigerator controls are located in the The 2 housings will separate at the left back of the front
same housing, mounted in the food compartment along with housing by sliding the rear housing to the right until the
the light and defrost timer or Automatic Defrost Control buttons line up with the larger hole in the slots. (See Figure
(ADC). See Figure 1. 3.)

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4
11
3
Figure 3
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1 9
5 8
6
12 Freezer Compartment Control
The Freezer Control is mounted on the left (as shown in
1. Control Box - Front Section
Figure 4) and it controls the cycling of the compressor and
2. Control Box - Rear Section
fan motors. The cap tube for the control runs along the right
3. Control Wiring Harness
side of the rear housing and has a plastic sleeve installed
4. Food Compartment Damper Control
on the last eight inches.
5. 2 Plastic Tubes (Cover Control Bulb)
6. 2 Knobs for Controls To replace the Freezer Control, remove screws and drop
7. Light Bulb housing. Pull the cap tube for the control from the guide
8. Socket - Light Bulb tube under the air inlet at the back of the rear housing. (See
9. Cold Control - Food Compartment figure 4.)
10. Cold Control - Freezer Compartment
11. Defrost Timer/ADC Control Cap Tube Freezer Control
12. 2 Wire Retainer Clips (not shown) with Plastic Tube Runs along rear housing
and out under Damper
Figure 1
Control
To remove the Control Housing Assembly, remove the three
screws across the front control box and the two screws
located in the rear control box. (See Figure 2.)
Food
Compartment
Control
Rear Screws

Front Screws

Freezer Control
Figure 4

Figure 2

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CONTROL SYSTEM (continued)

When you install the new Freezer Control, connect wires as Snaps wires and capillary tube into clip behind defrost control.
shown in Figure 5.The ground wire (green) must be attached Place the plastic tube over the end of the control cap tube
as well. until it is even with the end of the tube. Make a 90° bend in the
tube at the end of the plastic sleeve. (See Figure 8.)
Figure 5
GE Control
Ground Wire Intall plastic tube over control cap tube.
(White)

top-orange
(or blue)

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Invensys Figure
(Green) 8
top-orange
(or blue)

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After the wires are connected, snap the control into place
and route thewires around the screw boss. (See Figure 6.)
Place wires around screw boss.
Tape freezer cap tube to damper control and install damper
into rear control box. (See Figure 9.) Slide the end of the cap
tube in the slot under the air duct which runs from the freezer
to the fresh food compartment until the seal on the damper
housing contacts the liner. Install the screws to hold the control
housing in place.

Figure 6

PUSH here

Snap in place.
Route the wire harness and capillary tube through wire-way, Tape control cap tube to bottom of damper
under boss screw, and snap into clip as shown in Figure 7. control. Push control into housing.
Figure 9
snap into clip
Fresh Food Compartment Control
The Fresh Food Compartment Control is located on the right
side on the front control box. The cap tube for the control
through wireway
runs alongside the freezer cap tube back to the damper
control. Like the freezer control, the last 8 inches is covered
under boss with a plastic sleeve. The end of the cap tube with the sleeve
is snapped into a channel in the air diffuser in front of the
damper control. (See Figure 10.) The Fresh Food
Compartment Control will have an OFF position for the
servicer to use in testing, but the word “OFF” will not show
on the dial plate. To turn the control OFF, turn knob
counterclockwise past WARM to the straight down position
Figure 7 and you will feel the OFF position.

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CONTROL SYSTEM (continued)

Air Damper Control

The air damper is used to control the fresh food compartment
temperature by controlling air flow into the food compartment
from the freezer. (See Figure 13.)

Figure 10 Damper Control

Start here

Press cap tube with plastic shield

Figure 13
in channel on diffuser.

When the food compartment control calls for cooling, the

contacts in the control will open from 2 to 3 and close from
2 to 1. This will start the damper motor running, open the
damper, and start the freezer compartment fan running. (See
When the control is off, the damper should close and the fan Figure 14.)
should shut off, if the compressor is not running. As the damper motor opens the damper, the switches on
To replace the Freesh Food Compartment Control, remove the damper will change from NO (normally open) to the NC
screw and drop housing (follow freezer control instructions). (normally closed) position one at a time to prevent the
Snap control out of housing, then remove damper control and stopping of the motor in a 1/2 open position, as a result of a
cap tube for control. Connect wiring to new control as shown power outage as the damper is opening or closing. When
in Figure 11. both switches have reached the NC position, the damper
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will be all the way open and the motor will stop. (See Figure
(Brown) 15.)
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3-p/w The damper will remain open and the fan motor will continue
1-pink to run as long as the food compartment control calls for
cooling. Once the food compartment control is satisfied, the
Figure 11
Invensys contacts in the cold control will open from 2 to 1 and close
(Orange)

top-pink
from 2 to 3. This will start the damper motor running again,
p/w closing the damper and shutting off the freezer fan motor.
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(See Figure 16.)
As the damper motor closes the damper, the switches on
Place control metal wing in solid clip first, then snap other the damper will change from the NC to the NO position one
side in place. Route wires and cap tube behind boss. (See at a time. When both switches have reached the NO position,
Figure 12.) the damper will be all the way closed and the motor will
stop. (See Figure 17.)
There are two types of damper controls. One has 3 switches;
two at the top for the damper motor and one at the bottom
to control the freezer fan motor. This type is used on models
with the defrost timer.
Figure 12
The other type has two switches at the top only and is used
on models with an Adaptive Defrost Control (ADC). (See
Route wires & cap Figure 23.)
tube behind boss

Place the air damper in the housing and reinstall housing in

the fresh food compartment.
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