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90grad
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June 29, 2008, 07:00:40 pm »
Guys,
Need a little help here...
My kitchen frig is on the blink. Condensor fan is running constantly and the box isn't cooling down. I touched the compressor ball and it is hot. Also, I can here the "click" about every minute or so. Is my compressor toast (7-year old unit) or could it be something else. Any ideas for troubleshooting before I get the cajillion dollar service call?
Thanks in advance.
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June 29, 2008, 08:12:01 pm »
Wayne,
If the coils on the back are free of dust and grime and the freezer is not badly iced up it may be time for a service call. I hate how appliances used to last forever now they don't.
Hope it helps,
Creighton
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My Neighbor had the same thing happen to his new 'fridge after a recent Power outage & surges brought about due to some local Thunderstorms that hit the Waterford, Michigan (my home area) very hard. his start/run relay actually had a hole in it! I used a 3-in-1 hard start relay I had handy for my soda machines & it worked just fine for his Maytag side-by-side. still running 2-weeks later. might be worth a shot.
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June 29, 2008, 09:10:18 pm »
Thanks Creighton and John. Unfortunately, I don't have a spare 3-n-1 handy. The thing that's getting me is the compressor ball is getting hot. Could it still be the relay? I was thinking the compressor was running, as I thought I felt vibration. It's hard to tell with this. Plus, the condensor fan is staying on.
Also, I was thinking it may be the defrost timer (who knows?). Ths ironic thing is I've got a lot of stuff from the frig in a 1953 Cavalier 51 and a 1964 VMC 56. Those systems are still kicking butt and taking names. This new stuff is just plain horse......poop.
I see no oil and the thing was running great yesterday, so I wouldn't have thought I'd lost the gas that quickly. Plus, no coils are frosting up. It just ain't making any cold air.
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Wayne
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Reason #3 to bring machines home, never know when the fridge will go on the blink
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The defrost timer could be stuck, I've had this happen once before to a old garage fridge. Sometimes the defrost timer will have a slot where you can advance the timer with a screwdriver and the machine will kick back on. You might want to give this a shot before calling for service.
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Quote from: Creighton on June 29, 2008, 09:13:35 pm
Reason #3 to bring machines home, never know when the fridge will go on the blink
Creighton
Too funny..
When the wife and I were loading one of my machines with stuff from fridge - most notably, a pack of chicken legs - she remarked, "Man, it's nice to have these machines here." Oh, for a recording of that!
The service guy is coming tomorrow, but I will check the defrost timer tonight. Thanks, David!
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Wayne
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Here is some more info...
I let the unit sit all night so the compressor would cool. When I plugged it in, the compressor kicked on and then kicked off about 10 seconds later. Then after a little while (about a minute), it did the same thing. So, it seems like it's short-cycling. Seems electrical to me.
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