Hi, I bought my Frigidaire refridgerator in June 2002. Within a year the compressor had to be changed. In November 2009 the compressor died again. A new one was put in. Last week it quit again. The appliance mechanic didn't want to repair it. He claims the fault is in the fabrication line causing the problem to the compressor. Ten years 3 compressors, what do I do know?

There is some truth to it. Refrigerant needs to flow from high pressure to low pressure, and refrigerant pressure is directly proportional to temperature. Once the temperature drops below 40*F, for the outdoor coil, refrigeration efficiency is lost. Some heatpump units need auxiliary heat because.
Cold refrigerant condenses, into a liquid, and a compressor will not compress liquid, why its valves and internals would chatter into pieces. There is such thing as compressor crank case heaters, or belly band heaters. A heater removes, evaporates liquid refrigerant from within a compressor, it is protection.

I would get a compressor heater, wraps around the compressor belly, near 50 watts, and can use a relay to switch off the heater when the compressor runs, or let the heater work continuously.

Hello there.

You will need to write down your SERIAL number from your model/serial tag.
Example: 15114672UY...... UY is the date code. First letter is the year, second letter-month.

1980 E March
1981 G April
1982 J May
1983 L June
1984 N July
1985 P August
1986 R September
1987 T October
1988 V November
1989 X December
1990 B Jan.
1991 D Feb.
1992 F March
1993 H April
1994 K May
1995 M June
1996 Q July
1997 S Aug.
1998 U September
1999 W Oct.
2000 Y Nov.
2001 Z Dec.
2002 A Jan.
2003 C Feb.
2004 E Mar.
2005 G April
2006 J May
2007 L June

Hope that helps,


Mike

Hello Igordon1250,

I understand that your outside unit is not working. There are a few different things that can be going on that is not allowing the unit to come on. I need you to clarify a few things for me:
Model Number ?
Whole Unit not working or just the compressor?
Type of unit Regular or Heat Pump?

Please post back to this thread and I will be more than happy to help you with your issue.

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Justin

You bought them in 2009 and it's 2017. That's 8 years later.

The battery has lasted at least 8 years. It has reached its end of life. There is no battery that lasts forever.

Check the condenser coils. These are located at the rear, behind the panel. There should be frost all over the coils.
If not, and the frost is just on the first section then this indicates a slow refridgerant leak. I purchased mine in 2002 and it came with a 10 years parts and labour warranty on all parts of the refridgerant system. So hope you hung onto all your documents.

can you pull it out and see if the compressor is running,if it has a fan hold the fan with a rag to stop iy and put your hand on the comp. to see if it is running,if not i think you need a 3in1 start to get it going again,let me know what you find-mike

at 6 years old it certainly aint new!
from what you describe, sounds like a compressor fault

Have one similar and found out the compressor goes out on them about a year and half after purchase. You can buy another compressor but the likely hood of it going out again is likely. Sorry but we bought bad fridges. Never again will I buy a Fridgidaire.