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kwatt wrote:It goes to where the old one was.
K.
as from the photo; it goes into the fridge housing shell somewhere
Yes, you will need to track where it was and put the new one back there without kinking or breaking it.
K.
kwatt wrote:Yes, you will need to track where it was and put the new one back there without kinking or breaking it.
K.
Surly most under the counter domestic fridges will be near all same will they dont. I think from that link you provided it attaches to the compressor (cant see link at the moment)
kwatt wrote:The thermostat has a phial on it, if that gets damaged or kinked in any way, the thermostat is rendered utterly useless.
Explained here:
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Then i dont know where the phili attaches to!
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The phial will go into a sleeve or holder on the rear wall close the the evaporator that may be buried in the insulation and not visible. It is important it goes to the correct position or the temperature will not be sensed correctly and you can get over-freezing or not cooling correctly if it’s incorrectly positioned.
Even on spares diagrams that position will not be shown, you should be able to site it correctly from removing the old one or, working it out onsite.
K.
kwatt wrote:No.
The phial will go into a sleeve or holder on the rear wall close the the evaporator that may be buried in the insulation and not visible. It is important it goes to the correct position or the temperature will not be sensed correctly and you can get over-freezing or not cooling correctly if it’s incorrectly positioned.
Even on spares diagrams that position will not be shown, you should be able to site it correctly from removing the old one or, working it out onsite.
K.
as i can not see it and it goes though a closed wall, i mean where do i start looking?
It goes though the wall of the fridge and will not pull out!
Can i not cut the blue bit of the new one and join it to the end of the old one (as seen in photos)
Also in the last photo, is a photo of the end of the pheli from the new one. what dose the round bit do?
You cannot cut it or kink it in any way! If you do, it’s done and will never work as that phial is filled with a gas that expands and contracts to operate the switch in the thermostat. Hence, if you damage that phial, the thermostat is knackered.
It will come out, they are all replaceable but how easy or hard it is varies.
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kwatt wrote:You cannot cut it or kink it in any way! If you do, it’s done and will never work as that phial is filled with a gas that expands and contracts to operate the switch in the thermostat. Hence, if you damage that phial, the thermostat is knackered.
It will come out, they are all replaceable but how easy or hard it is varies.
K.
But which end dose it come out? though the inside of the fridge (see photos) or other end where we dont know?
Sorry I don’t know what you mean, the thermostat phial can only be fitted one way, there are no options.
K.
i have drilled round it and pull it out, however i can not get the new one to go in as it will only go in about 4″
Drilling is a very, very bad idea for two reasons, if you hit a pipe the unit is scrap, cannot be repaired. If you damage insulation and moisture gets in there, the unit is scrap.
That phial should just pull out.
K.
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