[Moki]

Help!! I have a couple of volunteers from my church here right now fixing the wiring/tubing on the back of a refrig that was given to me (almost brand new!) I had it on my back porch, as I was finishing putting in new flooring in my kitchen, and my dog chewed off all the exposed wiring, tubes, etc.

The guys have replaced most all of the wiring, they feel it was pretty apparent what went where, but they would like to be sure. There is one ground wire that is now really short and there is no evident area nearby that it goes to, however he found a place at the compressor(?) on the other side that looks like it might go there. The other end goes into a harness and looks like it grounds something else, too.

Can I get schematics /drawings of the electrical and tubing that would help us here or, could I post some pics and have someone tell me if it's put back together correctly, or do you have any suggestions? I would like to get this finished today (3/01/08) so hopefully someone out there knows about wiring and the tubes for the automatic water and the icemaker. It's only the "chewable" items at the back that were chewed off, so pics might work?

Thanks in advance for your help!

[ApplianceJunk]

Darn dogs.

Try putting your model number in at ApplianceJunk.com to find a diagram.

[Moki]

Thanks for the reply, ApplicanceJunk, I tried to locate information on that site, but couldn't find anything that applies. I see you're on some other appliance forums, thanks for the info! I'm trying to get this resolved today soooo...

Anyway, we went ahead and plugged the refrig in, and the fan came on and the lights came on and everything appears to be working. I put a icecube tray in the freezer and a cup of water in the refrig part, so I'll wait and see what happens there.

I know this might be a dumb question, but I saw the fan start turning when we first plugged it in, (it's very quiet!) but now it's not turning or running. I know my current refrigerator will kick in some horrible noise every now and then, I'm assuming it's the fan, and that they don't run all the time? (I'm hoping?) If so, then I think I'm okay.

I still would like to post some close-up pictures of what we re-wired, just for someone to say, "looks good." I have a fear of fire, and I don't want to roll the thing into my house until I feel confident that it's safe.

Mind you, I don't have any reason to think otherwise, I'd just rather be safe than sorry

If anyone is willing to eyeball the work, I'd really appreciate an opinion! Thanks!

[denman]

I assume you are talking about the line cord.
Black to balck, white to white and green to any spot on the fridges body.

To check the ground measure with a ohm meter to a number of different places (unpainted) on the frame to the ground at the plug, all should be 0 ohms.

As far as the fan goes, you may have entered a defrost cycle which turns the freezer fan off.

[Moki]

Thank you Denman, for the reply. No, I'm not just talking about the 'line cord' (I don't think) It's EVERY SINGLE WIRE and EVERY PIECE OF PLASTIC TUBING that was within reach of a dog's mouth. Each was chewed down to maybe a 3 inch nub.

Since I didn't do the wiring, and the guys have gone home, I'm sitting here without any meters, any knowledge, just this forum.

I am not an electrician, don't understand most of the terms, so I'm kinda of helpless here.

All I really want to do is take a couple of pics of the wiring stuff they did and see if someone can look at it and say, yep, that looks okay. The refrig still seems to be running fine, I'm sure the guys did just it right, but I would sure feel better knowing that nothing looks amiss before I cart the thing into my house.

I'm going to go ahead and take some pics, and I'll post them on the forums, maybe someone can help.