REFRIGERATOR SERVICE MANUAL CAUTION BEFORE SERVICING THE UNIT, READ THE "SAFETY PRECAUTIONS" IN THIS MANUAL. Ref. No. GR-432SCA GR-482SCA MODEL: GR-391SCA COLOR: SUPER WHITE GR-431SCA...
CONTENTS SAFETY PRECAUTIONS ............................... 2 SERVICING PRECAUTIONS..............................3 SPECIFICATIONS................................... 4 PARTS IDENTIFICATION ............................... 5 DISASSEMBLY..................................6-7 DOOR....................................6 DOOR SWITCH..................................6 THERMISTOR ..................................6 FAN AND FAN MOTOR................................ 6 DEF' CONTROL ASM ................................7 LAMP....................................7 CONTROL BOX-R................................7 REPLACEMENT OF DOOR OPENING TYPE........................8-9 ADJUSTMENT..................................
SERVICING PRECAUTIONS Air Recharging in Compressor vacuum operation is over, add the quantity in grams of R- 134a to the refrigerant system. Remember that every Test the refrigeration by connecting it electrically before system has an exact quantity of R-134a with a tolerance of refilling operation.
1. SPECIFICATIONS SPECIFICATIONS ITEMS GR-432SCA GR-482SCA FREEZER NET CAPACITY REFRIGERATOR ( l ) TOTAL DIMENSIONS (mm) 680(W) 667(D) 1715(H) 680(W) 717(D) 1715(H) NET WEIGHT (kg) COOLING SYSTEM Fan Cooling FREEZER Knob Dial TEMPERATURE CONTROL REFRIGERATOR Micom Control Full Automatic DEFROSTING SYSTEM Heater Defrost OUT CASE Coated Steel Sheet...
3. DISASSEMBLY 3-1 DOOR 3-2 DOOR SWITCH Freezer Door 1. To remove the door switch, pull out it with a '—' type 1. Remove the hinge cover by pulling it upwards. driver as shown in (figure 9). 2. Loosen hexagonal bolts fixing the upper hinge to the 2.
6. Disconnect the housing of lead wire. 3-6 LAMP 7. Separate the Fan Assy. 8. Loose 2 screw fixed to the Bracket. 9. Pull out Shroud-F remove the Fan Motor Assy. FREEZER ROOM LAMP REFRIGERATOR ROOM LAMP 10. Separate the Motor Bracket and Rubber. FAN MOTOR SHROUD Figure 16...
3-8 REPLACEMENT OF DOOR OPENING TYPE - Converting Door is Optional Precaution 1. Before replacing the door opening type, first of all, you should take out foodstuffs and accessories like shelves or trays, and so on which are not fixed in the refrigerator. 2.
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Move the Position of Adjustable Screw Assemble the Hinge Lower Assembly Move the Cap , Bracket of the Refrigerator Move the Cap and Assemble the Hinge-C Door. After removing the washer. Move the Cap and Assemble the Freezer Assembe the Door Stopper-F for Right Opening Type.
4. ADJUSTMENT 4-1 COMPRESSOR 4-2-3 PTC-Applied Circuit Diagram According to Starting Method of Motor 4-1-1 Role The compressor inhales low temperature and low pressure OVERLOAD PROTECTOR gas evaporated from Evaporator of the Refrigerator, and condenses this gas to high temperature and high pressure gas, and then plays delivering role to Condenser.
4-3 OLP (OVER LOAD PROTECTOR) CONTACTING 4-3-1 Definition of OLP POINT COVER (1) OLP (OVER LOAD PROTECTOR) is attached to Hermetic Compressor and protects Motor by cutting off BIMETAL current in Compressor Motor by Bimetal in the OLP in case of over-rising temperature. (2) When over-voltage flows to Compressor motor, Bimetal CONTACTING POINT...
6. TROUBLESHOOTING 6-1 COMPRESSOR AND ELECTRIC COMPONENTS (Rating Voltage Remove the PTC-Starter Power Source. ±10%)? from the Compressor and measure the voltage between Terminal C of Compressor and Terminals 5 or 6 of PTC. No Voltage. OLP disconnected? Replace OLP. Check connection condition.
6-2 PTC AND OLP Check another Normal operation of Separate the PTC from Observation value is electric components. Compressor is 220V/50Hz : 22§ ±30% Compressor and impossible or poor. 115V/60Hz : 6.8§ ±30% measure the resistance 240V/50Hz : 33§ ±30% between No.
6-3 ANOTHER ELECTRIC COMPONENTS Cooling is impossible Compressor Check if current flows to Cause. doesn't run. the following components. a. Thermistor Poor contacting. b. Starting devices Shorted or broken. Poor contacting c. OLP or shorted. d. Compressor coil Coil shorted. Replace Poor contacting e.
6-4 SERVICE DIAGNOSIS CHART COMPLAINT POINTS TO BE CHECKED REMEDY Cooling is • Is the power cord unplugged from the outlet? • Plug to the outlet. impossible. • Check if the power S/W is set to OFF. • Set the switch to ON. •...
6-5 REFRIGERATING CYCLE Troubleshooting Chart TEMPERATURE STATE OF STATE OF THE CAUSE REMARKS OF THE THE SET EVAPORATOR COMPRESSOR PARTIAL Freezer and Low flowing sound of A little high • A little Refrigerant LEAKAGE Refrigerator Refrigerant is heard and more than •...
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General Control of Refrigerating Cycle ITEMS CONTENTS AND SPECIFICATIONS REMARKS WELDING (1) H 30 • Chemical Ingredients • Recommend H34 containing 34% Ag in the (1) • Ag: 30%, Cu: 27%, Zn: 23%, Cd: 20% • Service Center. • Brazing Temperature: 710~840°C (2) Bcup-2 •...
7. DESCRIPTION OF FUNCTION & CIRCUIT OF MICOM The following description is basically for GR-S462/GR-S512. For the other models, refer to the diagram of the entire PCB circuit. 7-1 FUNCTION 7-1-1 FUNCTION 1. When the appliance is plugged in, it is set to ‘Medium’. Each time the button is pushed, it is set to ‘Medium’...
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7-1-2 DEFROSTING 1. The defrosting is performed each time when the total running time of the compressor reaches 7 hours. 2. After the power is turned on (or restored after a power failure), the defrosting starts when the total running time of the compressor reaches 4 hours.
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7-1-5 ERROR DIAGNOSTIC MODE 1. The error diagnostic mode allows the SVC when a fault that may affect the performance of the product occurs while operating the product. 2. Even if the function control button is pushed when an error occurs, the function will not be performed. 3.
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7-2 PCB FUNCTION 7-2-1 POWER CIRCUIT The secondary part of the TRANS is composed of the power supply for the display and relay drive (12Vdc) and that for the MICOM and IC (5Vdc). The voltage for each part is as follows. PART VA 1 CE 2...
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7-2-2 OSCILLATION CIRCUIT This circuit is to generate the base clock for calculating time and the synchro clock for transmitting data from and to the inside logic elements of the IC1(MICOM). Be sure to use the authentic parts since the calculating time by the IC1 may be changed or it will not work if the OSC1 SPEC is changed.
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7-2-4 LOAD DRIVE CIRCUIT 1. Load Drive Condition Check Comp, Load Type Defrosting Heater Refrigerator Fan Freezer Fan Motor Measurement Location(IC5) No.13 No.10 No.12 1V or below Condition - 23 -...
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7-2-5 TEMPERATURE SENSOR CIRCUIT The upper CIRCUIT reads REFRIGERATOR temperature and DEF-SENSOR temperature for defrosting into MICOM. OPENING or SHORT state of each TEMPERATURE SENSOR are as follows. SENSOR CHECK POINT NORMAL(-30 °C ~ 50 °C) SHORT-CIRCUITED OPEN Refrigerator Sensor POINT Voltage 0.5 V ~ 4.5 V...
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7-2-7 TEMPERATURE COMPENSATION & OVERCOOLING/UNDERCOOLING COMPENSATION CIRCUIT 1. Refrigerator Temperature Compensation Refrigerator Resistance Temperature Remark (RCR1) Compensation 180 K +2.5 °C Compensation by raising the 56 K +2.0 °C temperature 33 K +1.5°C 18 K +1.0 °C 12 K +0.5 °C 10 K 0 °C Standard Temperature...
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7-2-8 KEY BUTTON INPUT & DISPLAY LIGHT ON CIRCUIT The circuit shown above is to determine whether a function control key on the operation display is pushed and to turn on the corresponding function indication LED. The drive type is the scan type. - 26 -...
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7-3 RESISTANCE SPECIFICATION OF SENSOR TEMPERATURE SENSOR RESISTANCE OF REFRIGERATOR (DEFROST) SENSOR - 20 ˚C 77 K - 15 ˚C 60 K - 10 ˚C 47.3 K - 5 ˚C 38.4 K 0 ˚C 30 K + 5 ˚C 24.1 K + 10 ˚C 19.5 K + 15 ˚C...
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7-4 TROUBLE SHOOTING • Replace PCB when no trouble after checking the contents of trouble. CLASSIFICATION STATE OF TROUBLE POINT BE CHECKED CHECKING METHOD CONTENT REMEDY POWER SOURCE 1. All the DISPLAY 1. FREEZER/ FREEZER/REFRIGERATOR POWER SOURCE is poor Certify Fuse. is poor LED OFF REFRIGERATOR...
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CLASSIFICATION STATE OF TROUBLE POINT BE CHECKED CHECKING METHOD CONTENT REMEDY COOLING is poor. REFRIGERATOR 1. FREEZER TEMPERATURE See "FREEZER Certify the attaching state TEMPERATURE is is normal? TEMPERATURE is poor". of DOOR. poor. 2. Cool air of FAN MOTOR is Certify the amount of cool air FAN MOTOR is poor.
#EV# 8. EXPLODED VIEW The parts of refrigerator and the shape of each part are subject to change in different localities. Capacitors and fuse are optional parts. : Optional parts. 1) Freezer Shelf -Plastic : 149A -Steel : 136 , 136D 103B 2) Ice Maker 301A...