Need thermostat for GE wall fridge lw11

[sarahperdue]

Hi folks, my wall fridge has been running great until a month or so ago. Now it needs a new thermostat for the GE (later) wall fridge lw11

Please help me out. Thanks, Sarah

 

[sarahperdue]

 

[sarahperdue]

Found! Thanks to an amazing network of vintage appliance aficionados, collectors and repair folks. Who knew a 1958 thermostat could be found in 8 hours or less.

 

[combo52]

Hi Sarah, glad you found the part, GE use virtually the same thermostat in cycle defrost refrigerators into the 80s so they’re not too hard to find.

It’s basically a fairly common cycle defrost type thermostat. It’s clamp to the evaporator in the refrigerator section and needs to allow the evaporator temperature to warm up to mid 30s before it to let the compressor turned back on and then it cools down into the low teens or upper single digits before it shuts off the compressor.

Hope this thermostat fixes whatever problem it’s having.

John L