Maytag freezer worked, refrigerator did not. Found evap frozen solid. Trouble shot defrost section and found the defrost thermostat was indicating it was "made up" at room temperature. Replaced it with one reflecting open circuit on the thermostat and plugged the unit in. I attempted to do a forced defrost but I never felt the defrost element get hot. The inside of the refrigerator/freezer is at room temp. Should the defrost have come on even if it was not frozen up. I did hear a relay click on the circuit board.

I buttoned everything up and the compressors/fans came on and it started cooling. Will be sometime over next day or so whether I know if it is repaired or not.

The resistance through the heating element was 35 ohms. Did I miss something? tia

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Jim