Defrost Heater with Thermostat WR51X443

The part was here in no time and freezer was fixed and working perfectly. Had ordered the one part but both came so was able to fix both.

Great, perfect, exact, genuine GE OEM Part that fixed the warm refrigerator issue.

The part arrived promptly and the instructions for installation were easy to follow. The old appliance works great.

Although the part was not listed as being in stock it did not take very long to ship and arrive to me. It came with information on how to install it and within a couple minutes was installed and plugged back in. It took longer to defrost the freezer than it did to install the part. It DOES automatically come with TWO components. The video scared us a little because it suggested replacing both components even if the other is not out because it will go out quickly with the newer part installed, we did not realize that we needed to do that and but did not realize what we had ordered was, in fact, two components. Perfect! So thrilled to have our refrigerator working again!

Measure your heater lengths and match length on the grids on the catalog pictures provided. There are 2 sizes and you want to get the right width. I replaced the timer while I was at it, but clearly the heater coil was broken and this part was the key to the fix. I like the simple mechanical refrigerators and am delaying buying a new circuit board one as long as I can keep this old one running.

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went well took about 30 minuets to put back together so far so good

Installed the new part after removing the ice buildup and old part. Confirmed old heater had opened up and was no longer working. Installed the new part, worked great, fridge cooled right down. After ~ 3 or 4 weeks the fridge began to get warm again and when opening up the back of the freezer, the lower evap coils had ice buildup - I confirmed the new heaters were working as I opened up the back of the freezer during a defrost cycle and both heaters were hot. Any ideas?