Thanks regus, I put the refrigerator in defrost and the heater did not come on and the fan contined to run, I then noticed the wire going into the heater was NOT pushed in all the way therefore not making contact. I pulled the wire out only to find ice build up inside the female end, it must have been building up until the ice became an iceberg so to speak and forced the two wires apart. Cleaned out the ice-reconnected-heaters came on and everything is working fine. Very unusual though!!!
Thanks again to all for the info.....