John - thank you for the tutorial on troubleshooting the LED lights for a GE fridge. I looked on the GE website. They wanted $72 for a replacement light strip. I found the exact one on Amazon for $9 bucks! Again, thank you!
Hi John. I just wanted to thank you for the video. I have the same fridge as you. But the two top lights are faint and the one on the side is out. I’m going to replace the side one first and see how it goes. If it doesn’t light up I’ll replace the same one you did. Wish me luck! And yes the GE and other fridge parts websites are selling the part for over $70. I bought a pair of them from Amazon for 1/5 of the price. And by the number of reviews it’s a fairly popular purchase. GE cares!😂😂😂
@@fixitjohn is it normal for the fridge not to make some noise here and there ? It went quiet for a couple of minutes and making noise in the back of the fridge. I left and came back about 5 minutes later and started making that humming noise which I know is good. I keep checking the temperature and it’s fine Would there be an issue later on ? Or do you think it’s fine ?
@@rudyishere1 I think it is fine. The ice maker makes a noise. On mine, I hear that quick closing valve thumping all the time. I hope that I answered your question!
John, thanks so much. This is helpful. I have a different model of GE refrigerator, but I think the failed light is the same as yours--a failed LED circuit board. Like you, we've had the refrigerator for only about 2 years. Also, John, I was confused about the resistances that you were reading. You said for the failed board the resistance was about 9 ohms. For the new board it was 10 kohms, for the good one from your refrigerator it was 10.3 ohms. It seems that maybe you meant kiloohms for all three measurements. Is that true? One other thing that may be helpful to you is that when making resistance measurements in a dc circuit, polarity of the meter probes can matter. The way that an ohmmeter works is that it applies a small dc voltage to the circuit or component whose resistance you want to measure, and then it measures the current through the meter. The designer of the meter, then builds the meter so that it displays the division of the voltage applied by the meter by the current through the meter, which of course, is resistance in ohms. Manufacturers of ohmmeters don't necessarily make the red lead of the meter the positive side of the small dc supply. I believe that Fluke does make the red lead positive, but I've used many meters where the red lead is negative on the ohms scale. Most of the time, it does not matter, but it does matter, say, when trying to determine if a diode is good, and it probably is different with the LED circuit board. You can know which is positive of your Fluke meter by setting the Fluke to ohms and measuring the dc voltage between the Fluke leads with another meter. When measuring the resistance of the GE circuit board when removed from the refrigerator, it would be best to connect the positive lead of your ohmmeter to the positive side of the circuit board connector.
@@dannoland Thank you, I know there are a lot better people out there like yourself who know how to use a multimeter. I do appreciate your constructive criticism. Thank you for reaching out and come back and visit my channel.
@@jdoe836 I have bad news. My new LED just burnt out today. I guess I will try a pricier LED. But I can not bring myself to pay $80 buck. Let me know how long yours work.
John - thank you for the tutorial on troubleshooting the LED lights for a GE fridge. I looked on the GE website. They wanted $72 for a replacement light strip. I found the exact one on Amazon for $9 bucks! Again, thank you!
@@rnews5750 you are welcome. Thanks for watching.
Yup. Very easy to replace. Found the part# on Amazon for $8 or $9, as opposed to the GE site. Simple snap clip connection. Thanks for posting
@@ericsheffer-stevens5107 Nothing to it. Thanks for watching!
Thanks so much John, you saved us a service call fee of $115 and $79 for the GE part (which is currently out of stock)!
@@randallburns6270 cI am glad I could help. Thanks for watching!
Hi John. I just wanted to thank you for the video. I have the same fridge as you. But the two top lights are faint and the one on the side is out. I’m going to replace the side one first and see how it goes. If it doesn’t light up I’ll replace the same one you did. Wish me luck! And yes the GE and other fridge parts websites are selling the part for over $70. I bought a pair of them from Amazon for 1/5 of the price. And by the number of reviews it’s a fairly popular purchase. GE cares!😂😂😂
@@f8chromo136 good luck and thanks for watching.
You saved a lot of money I will order the part on Amazon
That’s where u got it !
Thank you
@@rudyishere1 Hi Rudy, yes I got it on Amazon. Thank you for watching!
@@fixitjohn is it normal for the fridge not to make some noise here and there ? It went quiet for a couple of minutes and making noise in the back of the fridge. I left and came back about 5 minutes later and started making that humming noise which I know is good.
I keep checking the temperature and it’s fine
Would there be an issue later on ?
Or do you think it’s fine ?
@@rudyishere1 I think it is fine. The ice maker makes a noise. On mine, I hear that quick closing valve thumping all the time. I hope that I answered your question!
Thank you brother
@@bigal8074 You are welcome.
You make it look easy . Thanks
@@abe9089 I hope that it helps! Thank you for watching.
I just did it. Hardest part was not breaking the plastic covers. The changing of the lights was easy.
@@garrettp.5018 That plastic light cover was a pain for me too. Good job and thank you for your comments!
It was helpful. Has the same problem. Fridge 18 months old.
@@jimmyhenry1891 They don't make them like they used to. Thank you for watching!
Yea me also! Sucks and an LED of all things! They are supposed to last a long time!
John, thanks so much. This is helpful. I have a different model of GE refrigerator, but I think the failed light is the same as yours--a failed LED circuit board. Like you, we've had the refrigerator for only about 2 years.
Also, John, I was confused about the resistances that you were reading. You said for the failed board the resistance was about 9 ohms. For the new board it was 10 kohms, for the good one from your refrigerator it was 10.3 ohms. It seems that maybe you meant kiloohms for all three measurements. Is that true?
One other thing that may be helpful to you is that when making resistance measurements in a dc circuit, polarity of the meter probes can matter. The way that an ohmmeter works is that it applies a small dc voltage to the circuit or component whose resistance you want to measure, and then it measures the current through the meter. The designer of the meter, then builds the meter so that it displays the division of the voltage applied by the meter by the current through the meter, which of course, is resistance in ohms. Manufacturers of ohmmeters don't necessarily make the red lead of the meter the positive side of the small dc supply. I believe that Fluke does make the red lead positive, but I've used many meters where the red lead is negative on the ohms scale. Most of the time, it does not matter, but it does matter, say, when trying to determine if a diode is good, and it probably is different with the LED circuit board. You can know which is positive of your Fluke meter by setting the Fluke to ohms and measuring the dc voltage between the Fluke leads with another meter. When measuring the resistance of the GE circuit board when removed from the refrigerator, it would be best to connect the positive lead of your ohmmeter to the positive side of the circuit board connector.
@@dannoland Thank you, I know there are a lot better people out there like yourself who know how to use a multimeter. I do appreciate your constructive criticism. Thank you for reaching out and come back and visit my channel.
THANKS!! Huge help, I was able to find the bad LED strip. One was out and the other two were lit, I jumped the prongs and boom! LET THERE BE LIGHT.
@@jdoe836 I have bad news. My new LED just burnt out today. I guess I will try a pricier LED. But I can not bring myself to pay $80 buck. Let me know how long yours work.
What tool is that to remove the LED light cover?
@@melissabradley8770 I just used a mini pic set. You can use a small screwdriver or anything like that.
I always watch refrigerator repair videos for "entertainment"......
Ok, Good let me fix you right up here is a link to another one!
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@@fixitjohn Wait till I get the popcorn.....
You love sour cream lol
@@DoctorRickSanchez not just me haha.