MY SXS FRIDGE(MODEL # GD5THGXKS03) HAS STOPPED COOLING ON BOTH SIDES. THE MOTOR IS RUNNING, AIR IS BLOWING(NOT HOT, BUT OT COLD EITHER) I VACUUMED OUT THE UNDERSIDE HOPING THAT THE BUILD UP MAY HAVE BEEN AN ISSUE AND MIGHT NOT BE TOO LATE. NO HELP. THERE IS CLICKING SOUND EVERY 10 TO 15 MINUTES LIKE SOMETHING IS TRYING TO SWITCH OR TURN ON... THE WHOLE TIME THE MOTOR IS RUNNING... I HAVE READ ABOUT THE START SWITCH, BUT CAN ANYONE TELL ME WHAT THEY THINK THIS SOUNDS LIKE BEFORE I GO SPEND $55 BUCKS. THANKS!!!
If your model has a start-capacitor on the compressor, that is the problem. When the switch energizes the compressor, the start cap provides extra current (technically phase-angle correction) to start the motor.
If the motor start cap is bad, the current-limit switch which is typically on the back of the compressor, opens up to prevent over-current condition.
So the switch tries to start, but with a bad cap, there's too much current, so it goes click-click, click-click, and the compressor never starts.
This happens all the time on old freezers, as well as on electric dryers.
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