General Electric WR50X10068 Refrigerator Defrost Thermostat

Great fit and works properly for ge freezer

Was a breeze to install. The fridge is working fine so far, will update if it fails.

My GE Hotpoint model no: HSS25IFMD WW fridge has gone out several times. The first time, it was the main board.It recently had a defrost issue again. I assumed the problem was the same as before, so I made the mistake of replacing the main control board again prior to first replacing several smaller, inexpensive parts. The board and the heating element were replaced but did not fix the problem. Then I replaced the defrost thermostat and the freezer temperature sensor. I'm not exactly sure which one of these two fixed my defrost problem, but since they were both inexpensive, I replaced both. My fridge works perfectly again.A couple things to keep in mind, you will need some wire strippers, wire nuts, and electrical tape to do these repairs correctly. Replacing this part is not time consuming or labor intensive at all. For installation instructions, search Youtube for installation videos.***IMPORTANT***Make sure you defrost the freezer coils before you expect this repair to take effect.My defrost problem was as a result of my freezer not going into defrost mode as it should. After installing these new components, I expected the defrost cycle to start immediately, which would have been evident by seeing the defrost heater come on. This did not happen which made me sick, because I thought my repair was a failure. It was not until I defrosted the freezer coils and started the freezer again that I saw the freezer go into defrost mode correctly.

It's working, but I don't know how. We had bad ice build up in the freezer compartment. Installation required emptying the freezer. taking the shelves out, and taking some panels out. I installed it with wire nuts capped with RTV (later learned I could have used Vasiline). Now the fridge ices up, but then the ice disappears. I ssume the defrost cycle is working now with the new thermostat. I'm happy. I cancelled my refridgerator maintenance contract. Youtube and I know a whole lot more than their technicians.

This fixed the (lack of) defrosting problem we had with our GE refrigerator. Be sure to solder it in place and use heat-shrink tubing to keep moisture from the splice.

Works as expected

Bad out of the box - - had continuity when opened fresh outta the box at 70 ++ degrees!!- defective out if the package !! - should only have continuity below temp. Value reading obtained from the device !!! Reason why defrost heater not going in to its cycle.

It works but not the same design as original. Clips is broke but it got it replaced quickly w prepaid return. Cool.

Este producto es para dar mantenimiento a mi refrigerador, estoy feliz de haberlo recibido tan oportunamente