// August 10th, 2011 // No Comments » // Appliances, Kitchen Equipment
Common GE appliance parts including fridge water filter, defrost thermostat, control thermostat, control board and water valve assembly are simple and easy to find and are offered in General Electric internet site and other online stores like Amazon. Fridge water filter is a very important refrigerator component that should be replaced frequently; this is the component that has an expiration or duration, usually six months.
Internal compressor components at normal operation do not break easily and will last for countless years of usage without breakage. Usually when the compressor breaks, the entire component will be completely changed because the entire compressor is sealed and you can’t easily open it without chopping the body casing by using a hack saw. However in some cases for example in third world nations they attempt to open and service it, changing only the broken components like piston, piston ring, shafting, etc to save money.
GE refrigerator parts are not standard parts that you can normally buy in a hardware shop, however if you really need to have them you can get them in refrigeration and air-conditioning service shops and various shops that are experts in compressors.
Other parts such as evaporator and condenser which are constructed of soft metal like aluminum or copper tube also do not fail very easily except when accidentally punctured. Some people aren’t too careful and try to remove frozen foods by using an ice pick destroying the evaporator in the process. When this happen the Freon that requires to cool the system and lubricate the compressor in the form of pressurized gas leaks out of the system leaving the compressor working with no protection thus damaging it. Without refrigerant, the refrigerator won’t have the ability to operate and really useless to operate. Serious trouble like this demands a specialist to repair, one with excellent expertise in General Electric refrigerator troubleshooting, one with working experience in GE refrigerator repair and with proper tools in fixing fridges. If you have this sort of problem it is advisable to just leave it to professionals, take it to authorized GE Appliance Service Centers and allow their highly trained engineers and technician repair it, particularly if it is still insured by warranty.
There are also refrigerator components that can easily fail. Breakable components for instance the evaporator door, meat tray cover which is constructed of brittle plastics that can easily break if you are not careful. If you have a classic type or vintage GE refrigerator and you need some components to fix it, it will be hard to find the majority of its components, particularly brand new replacement components. What you can do is to look for surplus or used General Electric fridge parts. One good place to acquire them is in eBay, people from all over the world sell all sorts of secondhand items there. Instead of just sending them away to junkshop they offer their old General Electric refrigerator by the parts.