I have a Maytag MSD2556A and the compressor is in lock rotor ..
I ordered a compressor from Appliance Parts Pros and they shipped me a Embraco FGS 100 HAW and the old compressor number is Embraco EGS 100 HLC. The old compressor doesn’t have oil cooler connections but the new one does. I talked to a sales associate for your company but she says that that compressor is for the unit.
Maybe the oil cooler connections are for other models that have that option on the refrigerator but mine doesn’t.
My question is can I just seal off the oil cooler connection and have no problems.
Thank You in advance
The oil cooler should have rubber plugs over them, you should not have to do anything with them, only if your gonna use them
wouldnt the refrigerant leak out if you didnt seal them off
They are factory sealed out of the box. If they have the rubber caps over the tubes, the refrigerant will not leak out. Some manufacturers put rubber caps, and some put rubber plugs. You leave the plugs or caps if you don’t need to braze any copper lines to them.
Also I ohm-ed out the connector that is suppose to go over the start and run terminals and they ohm together. Sup with that? I haven’t installed a small compressor for a refrigerator in years but I guess they have changed things.It has three male terminals on the other side. They gave me a start device that I guess is suppose to go in conjunction with the connector. Not sure how the part would work properly on the terminals if they ohm together. Meaning I have continuity between them. As a matter of fact all three terminals have continuity between them all.
Hope this made sense
You will get continuity between all terminals, You have to do an ohm reading. common to run and common to start… ohms added together should equal the resistance between run to start, if that checks out your compressor is good.
What should my low side pressure readings be? It is using R134A
2 to 4 inches in that range will be good
You mean psi?
No, 2-4 inches is 1-2 lines below 0 on the 134 guage.Each line represents 2 inches. Any thing below zero is called inches of mercury. So when I refer to inches it means below zero. Anything above that would be an over charge. When you hook the guage to your running compressor, you should read about 27 to 28 inches. You can charge the system knowing this info.
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i have the whirlpool refrigerator compressor model 8201555, this is brand new compressor, i want to know if the new compressors come with pre-charged refrigerant or not. the instruction sheet doesn’t say anything about it. [COLOR=#000000]i removed the black rubber plug from the suction pipe, i heard a hissing sound. and i put it back [COLOR=#000000]immediately[/COLOR]. thanks, your help is greatly appreciated.[/COLOR][COLOR=#000000][/COLOR]
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No they do not come precharged with freon. But if you aren’t EPA certified you will have to have a tech install it.
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I though I had a compressor that was locked up as well and couldn’t believe it on a 3 year old refrigerator. It actually turned out to be the relay, but it wasn’t necessarily that the relay was bad, but instead, poorly designed. The factory relays only have a “run” capacitor which works great on a brand new compressor, but put a few years and a little bit of cat hair on it, an the relay is no longer strong enough to start it. You can’t use another factory relay because it will not solve the problem. Instead use an after market universal, heavy-duty relay that has both a run capacitor and a start capacitor, and the problem may go away which it did for me.
Hope this helps.
I’m just wondering i just installed a compressor in my refrigerator and vacuum the system down and want to know what the running pressures are supposed to be i was previously told 30 psi and 130psi is this correct