Samsung Refrigerators2018–present

Error Code 65

Ice bucket drain heater is not working

Moderate

Address soon - your appliance may not work properly

Also displayed as: 65

What This Means

Heater disconnected or loose connector; Heater burned out or open circuit; Heater shorted to ground; Wiring harness damage

What actually causes this:

The ice bucket heater burned out

First Thing to Check

Check if water is pooling in the ice bucket

Parts Involved

Ice bucket heaterMain PCBWiring harness

How to Fix

  1. 1

    1. Unplug refrigerator for safety

  2. 2

    2. Disconnect MAIN PCB CN79 wire from PCB

  3. 3

    3. Measure resistance between CN79 Orange (ORG) ↔ Gray (GRY) wire

  4. 4

    4. Normal resistance: 135 ohm ± 7%

  5. 5

    5. If 0 ohm: heater is shorted

  6. 6

    6. If ∞ ohm: heater/wire is open

This Error Applies To

Samsung RF22NP Series Refrigerators (2018) (2018–present)

Service manual exact match: RF22NPService manual exact match: RF28NH

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