instead of 1st connecting the red and blue wires together with a wire nut, I tried to touch the ends together ... nothing happened.
But then I switched the placement of the wires ... put the blue wire where the red one should have gone and the red where the blue one should have gone ... fridge...
ClaudiusB, I've got a dilemma - I just recently was trying to move my t-stat to a location further back in the fridge to accommodate two corny kegs. However, during the move I accidentally broke the capillary tube to the t-stat (AND heard a hissing noise) at the same point as shown in your...
I just plugged my fridge in for 5 minutes on full blast (level 6 on the thermostat) and didn't hear the compressor working ... won't I hear it working until I get a new external t-stat?
Bumbler!!! I accidentally snapped the thermostat sensing coil (copper colored) at a point in between the thermostat itself and the inside wall of the fridge ... this is after removing the screws to the t-stat so I could relocate the entire t-stat/lighting unit farther back into the fridge...