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Thanks in advance for any help. I have visited this site in the past and have found it to a wealth of information.
I'm in the beginning stages of diagnosing problems I'm having with the fridge, and would like to hear any input from you. First and foremost is it worth fixing a 15 yr old fridge, or is this the point where constant problems are going to start plaguing me. Fridge is a side by with water/ice on door.
The fridge is not cooling. I discovered this by stepping into a puddle of water on the floor in front of the fridge. The water was from the ice melting and running out the door. The fan seems to be running fine due to the fact that I feel air blowing in the freezer side and fridge side.
The day before we noticed the unit not working me and the wife noticed a foul odor in the kitchen. The smell was a bleach, wire burning, train transformer so to say odor. Thought maybe a phone charger or something like that had burned up, but we could never find the source of the odor.
Well now I can link the smell to the fridge.
Being a holiday no repair people are available, and I'm concerned with the age of the unit. How long do these last these days. I'm willing to do the grunt work with the exception of the compressor. I don't think I would have access for the freon part of the process.
With knowing the smell we had, what would be order of steps or parts to start looking at. I really don't notice the compressor kicking on/off, and like stated earlier the fans is working. Are their any transformers in these.
Well need to get wrapping some presents so I'll have to look at it later. Thanks again for any advice.
Mike
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Here are your parts Parts for Whirlpool ED5NTQXKQ00 Refrigerator - AppliancePartsPros.comSee the attachment for the tech sheet. Since the fans are on the compressor should also be on as they are wired in parallel. So first make sure that the evaporator/freezer fan is running. Then pull the unit out and check that the condenser/compressor fan is running. If yes to both check the compressor. You can usually hear it but also should be able to feel it vibrating. If it is not on check the compressor windings. Here is a link on how to do that. How To Fix a Refrigerator - Appliance Repair Guide - ACME HOW TO.comSo using the wiring diagram C to M should be a few ohms C to S also a few ohms SM to S the total of the two above readings. Note that the test can tell you that a compressor is bad but does not tell you that it is good as it may have other internal problems. There is really not a good wat to check the PTC start device or the capacitor if the unit uses one. In this case you basically have to replace them and see what happens unless you see/hear obvios problems. I would say that it is worth fixing as long as it is not a sealed system problem where you need a pro to fix it. |
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I got my refrigerator working via compressor relay kit. My problem now is that I cannot get the cover over the relay assembly. The kit contained the overload, starter/run, and jumper wire. Problem is wires aren't long enough to reach the capacitor if I used the cover in place. Is the cover absolutely needed. Am I at risk of a fire with nothing covering the relay assembly. I could modify the cover by cutting a slot to allow the wires to come out the side closest capacitor, or should I cut the wires and use a longer jumper.
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I cannot tell from the parts diagram but on some units the cover ensures that the starter cannot back off the compressor pins.
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I'm going to try to modify the cover a go with that.
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