18" Samsung Refrigerator Secondary Heater W/ Moisture Kit


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Sale price$49.99

At a Glance

Key features
  • Adds gentle secondary heat to help stop the ice build-up that causes poor cooling and leaks in Samsung French door refrigerators
  • Flexible 18 inch 15 watt silicone heater bends to fit; the 3 ft power cord can be cut down to the length you need
  • Moisture kit adds a defrost drain probe and a revised drain tube set to replace older Samsung drain tubes
  • Includes tape for liner and evaporator panel repair plus insulated tape for routing water under the drain pan
  • Comes with Posi-Tap connectors and high temperature cable ties plus dielectric grease to waterproof new connections
  • Helps quiet noise caused by ice forming on the evaporator fan
Fitment & FAQ

Will this kit work in my Samsung French door refrigerator?

It is made for Samsung French door refrigerators except certain Flex Door models. The RF23J9011 is the known incompatible model; contact us with your model number if unsure.

Should I buy the 18 inch or the 24 inch heater?

Both do the same job - the only difference is the length of the heat tube. The 18 inch is recommended for most Samsung models because it's easier to work with during installation.

What's the difference between the Heater Only, Heater Kit and Moisture Kit versions?

Heater Only is the heater alone - pick it if the moisture kit is installed. The Heater Kit adds Posi-Taps, cable ties and grease; the Moisture Kit also adds a drain probe, drain tube kit and tapes.

What other parts should I replace along with this kit?

Usually the defrost sensor (DA32-10104N on many models) and the evaporator cover if it's waterlogged or damaged. The control board usually isn't needed. Send us your model to confirm.

What problems is this kit meant to fix?

Poor cooling from ice build-up, water in the drawers, noise from ice hitting the evaporator fan, and ice build-up inside the refrigerator cabinet.

Does this kit replace a broken evaporator fan or defrost heater?

No - it doesn't replace any part in your refrigerator. A failed defrost heater or broken fan still needs replacing; this heater is an add-on to help stop recurring frost.

Can I use this kit where the power is 240v?

Yes - orders to 240v countries get the 120v heater swapped for an 18 inch 240v heater, the only 240v length. Never run the 120v heater on 240v. Need the 120v kit there? Contact us first.

Anything I should know about wiring the heater in?

Use the 14-16 AWG Posi-Taps included with the kit - 16-18 AWG taps are too small for the wires. Plug the blue and white evaporator fan connectors back in, or the fan won't run.

Can I cut the heater to length?

The power cord can be cut to size, but the heat probe cannot be cut. The probe is very flexible and bends easily to fit.

Description

A Final Fix for One of Samsung's Biggest Fridge Failures - The Dreaded "Ice Ball" That Causes Leaks, No Cooling, and More!

                     ATTENTION!!!

Orders shipping to countries that use 240v electricity automatically get the 120v heater swapped for a 240v heater. Never run the 120v heater on 240v power - it can melt or start a fire. If you are in a 240v country but need the 120v kit, please contact us before ordering.

 

This kit is designed to potentially fix the following problems on a Samsung French Door Refrigerator (although it could work on other styles as well):

  • Refrigerator Cabinet Not Cooling Properly (due to ice build-up)
  • Refrigerator Cabinet with Water in Drawers
  • Refrigerator Making Noise due to Ice on Evaporator Fan
  • Refrigerator Ice Build-Up inside Refrigerator Cabinet

Please note this does not replace any part in your refrigerator: If you have a broken fan, or bad defrost heater rod, this will not fix those parts, and they will need replaced. If you have tried all the other "Solutions" to resolve any of the 4-mentioned issues and its still persisting, then a secondary heater kit is likely the solution.

Included in the FULL kit:

  1. Silicone Defrost Heater - 18" / 15-watt model, 3ft Power Cord Length. Power cord can be cut down to size needed, heat probe is bendable/foldable and is extremely flexible to custom fit to a needed solution, but cannot be cut.
  2. 14-16 AWG Posi-Tap Connectors
  3. 10 High Temperature, 6" Cable Ties
  4. 11 mil vile of Dielectric Grease to waterproof new electrical lines + wooden applicator

    The Moisture Kit Includes:

  5. Samsung Defrost Drain Probe DA61-06796A
  6. 30" x 2" HVAC Tape for Liner & Evaporator Panel Repair
  7.  Insulated Tape for Drain Pan / Drainage Kit Update (1pcs at 12" for water routing under drain pan) And 2 pieces at 6" for behind the evaporator. Instructions are included but there is a link at the bottom of the page just in case.
  8. Samsung Drain Tube Kit (DA97-04049E) - To replace the older, cheaper and usually broken Samsung OEM drain tubes with a fresh, revised drain tube set.

 

Compatability: This kit will work with all "French Door" Samsung refrigerators EXCEPT certain Flex Door models. The only known model that is incompatible is the RF23J9011 unit. If you are unsure if this kit will work with your flex-door Samsung, please contact us with your model# to confirm. 

Now with a 240v choice for our overseas shoppers.

Overseas orders will have the 120v heater swapped for the 240v. 

 Note: For International orders in countries using 240v electricity, we will ship the 18" heater probe only, as it is the only style we have in that voltage. US/CA customers can choose either 18" or 24"

Installation Guide to Kit: https://bit.ly/3pDgfER

 

Samsung Refrigerator Secondary Heater Kit

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Ashely
I fixed my fridge!

Thanks to their YouTube videos and the quick parts kit, I was able to fix my fridge with ease!

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Aaron
A New Life

My relative upgraded their refrigerator because they thought their Samsung refrigerator was broken. It took Ben’s video to give me the confidence to do it myself and with buying his kit and defrost sensor I brought back a great machine back to life! Thank you Ben!

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Best Customer
Great product but watch the YT Video

The quality of the products are great and works aS described. It gives you everything you need to make the repair. Instructions are missing but the YouTube videos help. This saved me from buying a new refrigerator. A++

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Adolfo Albellar
The Samsung refrigerator secondary heater kit worked as expected in my Samsung NE595ROABSR/AA ref...

The Samsung refrigerator secondary heater kit worked as expected in my Samsung NE595ROABSR/AA refrigerator. It solved the problem I was experiencing with the evaporator freezing and the resulting insufficient cooling of the refrigerator area. It is a necessary improvement to the defrost system. Thanks to Ben's excellent demonstration video, I was able to do the job myself without any problems. I should add that, as a precaution, I also replaced the defrost thermostat using the DA47-00243K Defrost Bimetal Thermostat Replacement Part. Now my refrigerator is back on track and working as it should again. Thank you.

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Jason Alemond
Excellent kit

This kit saved my Samsung refrigerator. I thought it was about to go to the scrapyard, but this kit brought it back. It runs better than ever now!

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Javier Sigala
REPAIR kit for samsung refrigerator

Thank you for the helpful YouTube video on the secondary heater installation for a Samsung french door refrigerator . I received the parts from your store and installed it myself. Hope this fixed the problem once and for all. Ice build up behind evaporator cover and not cooling...

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Lee Varnado
A Good Fix to Extend the Life of a Samsung Refrigerator

I received and installed the Samsung Refrigerator Secondary Heater Kit and the process went well. The biggest help was the video showing the fill process from start to finish along with areas that can be a snag. That was worth everything! It was the reason why I bought from Ben's because it was a very helpful, detailed repair that showed me that I could do it. It even had the great idea of using a garmet steamer to speed up the ice defrosting, and it worked GREAT!.
The only criticism I have is for the website to be clearer on the fact that there are different kits with more or less of the items seen in the video. I thought i was buying the everything that was shown on the video, but when I got it, it was only a partial. When I went back to the website, then I noticed that there were different kits with different prices.
Lastly, the written directions had QR codes to see some other videos, but the links didn't work. Those need updating.
Other than that, the kit worked like in the original video and it is working fine. THANKS BEN'S APPLIANCES!

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Ithaca Guy
Samsung dreaded ICE BLOCK.

I wanted to give this unit a few weeks to confirm it fixed the issue but after 6 weeks it appears to have done just that.

We have a 28 cubic foot Samsung model RF28HDED which we bought in 2015. It worked perfectly until about a year and a half ago when we started hearing the classic fan hitting ice sound which at the time we had no idea what it was. Eventually the ice built up enough to block the fan and the unit began heating up. At this point we started researching the cause and discovered the horrible heater design and block of ice problems. We watched a few people on YouTube talking about how to remove the back panel. When we removed our back panel, we had the block of ice there. We let it defrost and moved the location of our defrost sensor. It lasted for about a month that way and iced up again. We began the process of defrosting it via the control panel every other week or using a hair blow dryer to melt the ice. At this point we decided doing this was ridiculous and decided to look at getting a new frig. We started watching Ben’s videos on units to avoid and stumbled across his video with the secondary heater kit. We figured another $50 bucks was worth a last shot before getting a new frig and order the secondary heater kit and defrost sensor. We ended up getting the smaller 18 inch kit.

Ben’s video on the installation was very thorough. We followed it (SLOWLY) often rewinding it back to make sure we installed our kit to match his. We put the frig back together and tested it. The defroster was heating up and the new drain kit was working perfectly. When you open the doors, you can even hear the new heater running. It’s been about 6 weeks now and we do not see any ice building up, and the drain is working.

I highly recommend this kit if you are getting the dreaded ice block.

Thanks Ben for saving us big $$$

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Andres Del Razo
Fridge recovery

Thanks for you video I recovery my fridge to go to the dump,
really appreciate you time and effort to explain how to do it, save me money
and don't waste an item still have years of good use.

Thank you

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Andrew Craig
FINALLY no more water under the pullout drawer!

This truly was the definitive fix! Great videos and email support helped me to do the repair right. I'm very thankful for Ben's site and the flexible heater kit! I also liked the tip about moving the defrost sensor off the copper pipe (where it was stuck in a blob of mastik) and onto the evaporator itself, she the defrost cycle lasts longer!

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Mario Flores
Just what our 9yr old samsung frig needed

Our fridge was staying under 50° also it kept leaking water on the floor and also building ice on the back wall and on pantry compartment. This kit has everything you need and some, also ordered a fan and a thermostat to change it all at once. The video and kit was easy to install hopefully we can get another 9 years out of our fridge. No more ice build up and now tempt is at 40-45° worth it and shipping was fast went with the free shipping.

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David Macfarlane
Great video/ great tool kit to fix Samsung problem!

I watched the video 2x’s to learn the process to get the back wall of my Samsung refrigerator defrosted and the heater and temperature sensor working again. The additional heater is fantastic add on and the additional metal component to the drain -spot on as well. I watched the video in segments during the repair; refrigerator back work correctly now- temp at 35 on regular basis. Steam machine use to thaw the coils and free the panel was genius. I had steamer which melted the ice build up. Fantastic repair info and appreciative of the modified kit to pull it off for 66 bucks!!

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Kathleen Santoro
Samsung Secondary Heater with Moisture Kit

First Ben answered all of my questions before I ordered I didn’t know the history on this refrigerator because I bought it used for $100.00. I know. She told me that there was always water under the deli drawer which she blamed on the kids not closing the doors. She knew the water inlet valve had been replaced when repair had been out. Since I had ice maker only dropped tiny dirty cubes when I was defrosting the ice behind the panel in the frig. I discovered it was leaking after replacing filter and discovered a lot of water under the deli drawer. That’s when I found out about the problems folks had with these refrigerators. I started researching and came up with a lot of videos on how to fix the issue. I preferred my kit and just put it in last weekend. It wasn’t hard just time consuming due to the ice buildup even with biweekly rd modes. No more water leaking into the frig and the ice isn’t building up on the wiring and upper right coils. Perfect repair! If I can get through it at 70 anyone can.

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Rama Holtzman
Worked exactly as intended!

Ben's videos identified the exact issue my refrigerator was having. He clearly explained the symptoms and causes, and I was so excited that a kit was available to address it. I followed the directions and used some critical thinking, and sure enough the fridge does not ice over and is working exactly as it should. I'm amazed to have to found the videos and more so the kit, and I'm so thankful for the instructions and guidance!

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Patrick Galvin
Ice no more

Had ice dam at the bottom of my Samsung refrigerator drawers, replaced Bens repair kit following Ben’s video and now it’s fixed, saved me from having to buy a new one, took me 2 hours.

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Robert Ko
Samsung Side by Side Refrigerator Secondary Heater Works!!!

Before I bought this kit, I was taking the back panel off in front of the evaporator every 1 or 2 weeks to defrost the pipes with ice. After installing the kit it been more than 2 week and no more ice buildup and water leak. The kit was easy to install if you follow the video by Ben's Appliance. I bought this fridge in 2015 Model: RS25H5111SR/AA. The 18" heater works just fine for this model.

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Jeff McClung
Working great so far

My refrigerator was getting the ice buildup inside the back panel that would build up and eventually impede the fan, making it noisy. Have had this installed along with a new temperature sensor for a month and a half now and it's been working like a charm. Great online video to go along with the repair kit.

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