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Dear Forum,
My GE fridge stopped working. The compressor has stopped but the fan is working. It does make a clicking sound after a few seconds of switching it on. I changed the start relay as well as the overload capacitor, but it didn' t start.
there is no continuity between earth and any of the 3 terminals on the compressor. The ohms readings between the terminals are 4.7, 5.3 and 10. They add to a perfect 10, but I am not sure if starter coil resitance and the winding resitance should be that close.
Do I need to junk it?
Thanks a lot !
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Your compressor is seized, or the windings are burnt. Ohm readings will not show burnt windings, only amprobe will show compressor drawing high current.
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Thanks a lot Richappy! So it needs a new home then - the recycle center ...
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