This is a temperature sensing mechanism. It can sense the rise in evaporator temperature during a defrost cycle and cycles the defrost heater off after all frost is melted from the coils.
Home Depot Number: HD1155318
Manufacturer Part Number#:
WR50X10069
Manufactured by:
GE
for General Electric, Hotpoint
Why buy the real thing?
OEM stands for Original Equipment Manufacturer. Simply put, this means that the company who made your appliance is also supplying the replacement part for it.