Product review (5 stars): Quality Parts and Fast Service: Replace this before the expensive parts!
Quality Parts and Fast Service: Replace this before the expensive parts!

Went round and round with finding what was wrong with this side by side fridge.  Was going to do the shotgun approach to fixing it, but for the Adaptive Defrost Control Board is well around 60 to 130 bucks, so that put a damper on the excitement right away.

Cleaned terminals and wire connectors, seated and reseated cables and thought I had it licked.  But no matter what I did the thing frosted up again in a week or 10 days.

I tested everything, and even the old defrost thermostat checked out okay, but the thing must have been a bit sketchy on the inside, because when I installed this one the problem went away.  Boy am I glad I replaced an easy to replace $15 part rather than some shotgun approach to a bad Surface Mount relay on a conformal coated PCB in the refrigerator compartment.

Highly recommended that YOU replace THIS part in YOUR fridge!  The environment that this guy has to live in is harsh:  cold most of the time then hot, then current running through you then cold again, only to do it all over again in another day or two...whew!

You will be a step ahead of the game and not too much out of pocket if this doesn't solve your problems, but I bet it will!

Enjoy!

PS: I actually soldered mine in place rather than using the crimp connectors, but you make the call.

Call me Mark...to Market!