How to Force Defrost an Amana Side By Side Refrigerator
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Steps:
- Open the fresh-food door and look at the upper left corner on the right-hand wall.
- Find the temperature select button on the small control panel and the spring-loaded door switch beside the light housing.
- Pull the refrigerator plug from the wall outlet.
- Disconnecting power eliminates shock risk while the control resets.
- After a brief pause, plug the cord back in to power up the electronics.
- Within 30 seconds of restoring power, press the temperature select button until only the single top LED is lit.
- Press and hold the door switch with one hand to mimic a closed door.
- While holding the switch, press and hold the temperature select button for about five seconds.
- Release both buttons when every LED on the interface flashes at once.
- The flash indicates the control has entered service mode.
- Allow the lights to go dark after about 10 seconds; the board is now waiting for test selections.
- Press the temperature select button once, wait roughly three seconds, press it a second time, wait, then press it a third time.
- After the third press the defrost heater energizes, placing the unit in Forced Defrost mode.
- Keep the door closed whenever possible to hold cold air inside while the heater operates.
- The heater becomes very hot; do not touch internal metal parts or allow plastic items to rest against the evaporator cover.
- Press the temperature select button once to shut the heater and service LEDs off when defrosting is complete or no longer needed.
- Wait three seconds, then keep pressing the button until no service LEDs are lit to resume standard cooling control.
- If the interface behaves unexpectedly, unplug the refrigerator for 15 seconds and plug it back in to perform a full reset.