Replacing thermostat in Whirlpool ARG 582 Built Under Fridge

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I have just replaced the thermostat on my Whirlppol ARG 582 (many thanks for the very prompt service from Shop@).

As this is a built under fridge, I wanted to avoid taking the fridge out and just fed the capillary tube back through the hole next to the thermostat housing. It seemed to go in fine. I understand that the capillary end has to touch the evaporator and wonder whether the capillary is actually housed in a tube to ensure that it ends up in the correct position, or whether I have just succeeded in putting the capillary in some random position !.

Logic would suggest that if the capillary does not touch the evaporator, it will be sensing a too high temperature and will thus keep the compressor running resulting in too low a temperature in the fridge. The first sign of operation with the new thermostat was the opposite, with the compressor cutting out with the internal fridge temperature at 12 dec C. I’ll let it settle down for a few hours and see what happens.

Many Thanks

William

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