GE GSS22, GSS20, GSS25, ESS25, ESS22, HSS25, HSS22, SSS25 manual Damper Door Not Operating

Damper Door Not Operating

Push on damper door to check

manual movement.

Is the damper door stuck?

No

Push damper halfway closed. Unplug refrigerator to reset main control board.

Set temperature controls to 5 and 5

Reconnect power.

Does damper door move

after immediately

reconnecting power?

(you have 10 seconds to check)

Damper jammed

Yes Remove blockage or replace damper

	Verify thermistors are within proper
	range using temperature resistance
Yes
	chart on page 49
	Is the resistance within range?
		No

Yes	Replace main
	control board

No

Unplug harness connector at damper.

Measure resistance between the

yellow

and red/black wires and between the white/brown and blue/yellow wires.

Do you measure approximately 420 ohms for both readings?

No

Replace damper

Check wiring connections

If wiring is OK,

replace thermistor

	Unplug J3 connector from main control
	board. Unplug refrigerator to
	reset, then reconnect power.
Yes	Do you have 6VDC between pins
	J4-3 (common) and each of the
	pins J3-1, J3-2, J3-3 and J3-4?
	(you have 10 seconds to check)
		No
	Replace main
	control board

Look for wiring problem

between main control board

Yes and damper. If wiring is OK, replace damper.

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