Question about Whirlpool 25.6 cu. ft. Side-by-Side Refrigerator with In-Door-Ice Dispensing System
Fan runs but wont cool or freeze
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Could it be the compressor not running?
If you suspect the compressor try to follow this to decide your next step:
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These little helps allow you to get the compressor running or decide that it needs replacing. To Decide if Either your compressor is broken inside or the start
components are not working properly.
1 Ohm the compressor terminals to
ground and across to each other.
If any read anything to ground the compressor is bad.
Your readings between the compressor terminals should all be
different and you should have 1 low 1 medium and 1 high resistance reading.
Add the low and mid reading together and the sum should be
close to the highest reading. If it reads say 20% more or less then retest it a
couple of times to confirm your not slipping on the terminals.
After 3 or 4 trys if the results dont addup the compressor motor is bad. Replacement is required. Is this machine worth a new compressor? Is it still under warranty? Is the labor and all parts covered?
2 Assuming the above checks out:
Get a new Start relay (start
capacitor if so equipped) relay and overload (and capacitor if it has one) In
other words everything that is external and attached to the wires or
terminals on the compressor, and replace them on to the compressor. Then if it
starts problem solved if it still does same thing the compressor is bad (broken
mechanically inside the compressor) and you have to decide to replace
compressor or replace the refrigerating compressor be it AC or Refrigeration.
.
A few times I have gotten a compressor to start after leaving it off for 6 to
12 hours then retrying it. See the compressor unless left off for 6 to 12 hours
and sometimes as long as 24 hours Is tight due to linear expansion from heat.
And about 1/2 the time it is ok after new start components are installed. The
other 1/2 the compressor will be ok for a day or 2 then stop again. Most likely
from a “hard spot” in the movement of the internal parts in the compressor.
30 years of doing refrigeration and this has not changed.
Please rate me as high as you can and ask me to clarify anything you don’t
understand.
Posted on Apr 18, 2009
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