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Title: Compressor/thermostat Post by: Marines27 on November 30, 2016, 12:58:27 pm Greetings,
I have a Westinghouse WD12 which has been running nonstop no problem for over 20 years. Last year I had to change the upper circulating fan. Recently, we noticed the bottled water and other drinks were freezing and the compressor not shutting off. I cleaned all the cooling fins and other parts of dust and checked all visible connections. Unplugged for a day, but upon plugging the unit back in, the compressor still does not shut off. No visible thermostat to adjust, just a bare cooper wire off the refrigerant line with a slight coil above the interior fan. Ideas? Thanks. Title: Re: Compressor/thermostat Post by: johnieG on November 30, 2016, 01:05:40 pm If your machine's original, the thermostat should be down by the compressor in a black box with a rather plain looking knob sticking out of the top or side of it, this is your temperature adjustment, clockwise is colder( as viewed from the end of the shaft).
Title: Re: Compressor/thermostat Post by: Slapshot42 on November 30, 2016, 03:53:19 pm .
Title: Re: Compressor/thermostat Post by: Marines27 on December 01, 2016, 12:20:04 pm Thanks. The picture is a bit hard to see, but everything looks the same as mine expect I do not have that tall, black box behind the compressor; just the smaller unit which looks like its base. Guess I will trace the metal wire from above the evaporator in the bottle compartment to that "control box" by the compressor. I think there is what appears to be a set screw in the case cover.
Title: Re: Compressor/thermostat Post by: Marines27 on September 14, 2017, 01:54:22 pm I left my WD12 shut down for a few days after the compressor was running non stop and freezing the contents. When I plugged it back in, the compressor does not kick on. The fan above the condenser in the soda box runs. There is no apparent thermo knob; only a hex nut on the back of the power/junction box (top removed for photo).
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