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anchortown  
#1 Posted : Saturday, August 23, 2008 9:38:45 AM(UTC)
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The unit will run and freeze OK. The next day it thaws. What should I do?
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#2 Posted : Saturday, August 23, 2008 10:46:49 AM(UTC)
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Can you be a little more descriptive as to how long it runs, then starts thawing, and so forth.
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#3 Posted : Sunday, August 24, 2008 4:52:46 AM(UTC)
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Yes it will work OK for one day and then the next day it will warm and not work.
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#4 Posted : Sunday, August 24, 2008 11:06:22 AM(UTC)
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When it fails, try to find out what is working/not working? Any light bulbs working? Fans turning?
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#5 Posted : Monday, August 25, 2008 6:39:50 PM(UTC)
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Thanks. The inside light comes on but the fan or compressor will not run. For a while it would cool one day and then warm the next. There are two connections at the compressor. One is an overload and the other is a relay. How do I check them to see if they have power? Spent $45.00 today for tech to tell me its the compressor thats bad. He put a jumper on the controls inside the refrig and stated that it was the compressor that is bad. Told me it would cost more to replace compressor than a new refrig would cost. Even wrote up the bill saying recent storm caused low power and burned up compressor. What now?
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#6 Posted : Monday, August 25, 2008 6:59:13 PM(UTC)
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I've never heard of anyone "putting a jumper on the controls"
Sounds more like it's stuck in defrost with no fans running. But to check the compressor:
Get an ohm meter, set to lowest ohms and zero the meter, remove one wire at a time and label it according to the terminal on the compressor. touch one to the common (C) terminal and the other probe ti the run (M)terminal, should read between 1-10 ohms. if not the compressor is bad.
let me know and we can check something else if need be.
Nat
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#7 Posted : Tuesday, August 26, 2008 9:05:45 AM(UTC)
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Checked it as you stated. The compressor is now running and it cooled. Will wait for 24 hrs and check it again. Thanks
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#8 Posted : Tuesday, August 26, 2008 9:11:10 AM(UTC)
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keep us posted
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#9 Posted : Thursday, August 28, 2008 5:21:23 PM(UTC)
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Lasted being cold a few hours. Now will not run at all.
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