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Model: KLB036FTX03	Brand: Kitchen Aid	Age: 5 - 10 years
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dcrist		#1 Posted : Saturday, October 15, 2016 6:28:02 AM(UTC)
Rank: Member Groups: Registered Joined: 10/15/2016(UTC) Posts: 4		How can I repair the frequent faint pinging in the refrigerator? Refrigerator seem to run fine. the noise suggest something may be going wrong.
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cbmserviceguy		#2 Posted : Saturday, October 15, 2016 6:55:19 AM(UTC)
Rank: Member Groups: Registered Joined: 3/28/2016(UTC) Posts: 200		What part of the unit is the noise coming from? Some more information would help try and figure out what's going on. My first guess would be a fan hitting a shroud or ice.
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dcrist		#3 Posted : Saturday, October 15, 2016 7:31:03 AM(UTC)
Rank: Member Groups: Registered Joined: 10/15/2016(UTC) Posts: 4		Upper unit frequent on and off with pinging sound on KBL036FTX03 refrigerator. What needs to be repaired or replaced?
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cbmserviceguy		#4 Posted : Saturday, October 15, 2016 7:58:55 AM(UTC)
Rank: Member Groups: Registered Joined: 3/28/2016(UTC) Posts: 200		Take a look at the fans and see if one of them is making contact with the shroud. May be able to just bend it out of the way a bit and go on with life.
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dcrist		#5 Posted : Saturday, October 15, 2016 8:06:48 AM(UTC)
Rank: Member Groups: Registered Joined: 10/15/2016(UTC) Posts: 4		Fan is operating freely.
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cbmserviceguy		#6 Posted : Saturday, October 15, 2016 8:21:10 AM(UTC)
Rank: Member Groups: Registered Joined: 3/28/2016(UTC) Posts: 200		The compressor is shutting down in conjunction with the pinging sound? Fans shut off too, or just the compressor?
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dcrist		#7 Posted : Saturday, October 15, 2016 8:52:46 AM(UTC)
Rank: Member Groups: Registered Joined: 10/15/2016(UTC) Posts: 4		Both the fans and compressor cycle on and off.
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cbmserviceguy		#8 Posted : Monday, October 17, 2016 3:55:11 AM(UTC)
Rank: Member Groups: Registered Joined: 3/28/2016(UTC) Posts: 200		Sounds like a bum control board to me. They shouldn't cycle on and off frequently. If it was just the compressor, I'd say it was the inverter, but being all of them, probably the board.
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