Genuine Frigidaire 215846602 Refrigerator Defrost Timer Replacement Part - Compatible with Multiple Fridge Models, Easy DIY Installation for Home Kitchen Appliances

This particular defrost timer worked perfectly for my ancient Westinghouse beer fridge in the garage and got me back up and running. If you find your freezer full of frost yet the fan and/or fridge still has working lights but not as cold as expected then it is likely your defrost timer is dead. This particular timer will turn on the defrost heater for 8 minutes or so every 8.5 hours so that you do not get frost buildup in the freezer. When the timer dies it will likely cause the fridge to stay in freeze mode or defrost mode permanently. If the former, the fridge will run until the compressor freezes up and either burn up or shut off. If the latter, you get no cooling and likely could burn up the defrost heating element. You can easily test if this is your bad part because there is an exposed manual timer advance that you can use a screwdriver or finger nail to turn. Typically the timer will be inside the same box where you can adjust the fridge temperature. In my case directly at the top and front of the refrigerator compartment. You will hear and/or feel a click as it advances and eventually it will spin around and "click" to engage the cooling mode or freezing mode. Hopefully you can use this trick to see if it is staying in one mode or another and/or manually run the compressor until you can get a replacement