Broken Refrigerator
Hi, I was out for the weekend and when I came back my refrigerator stopped cooling. Freezer is not cooling like it should either. My freezer temperature does not go below 40F. The compressor stays on constantly and does not stop. I hooked up my clamp meter and the current draw on compressor is about 1amp. The fans in the freezer section and one in the back by the compressor are working. I cleaned the coils underneath the fridge and the back.Also, I defrosted the freezer coil where there was ice built up only on the upper portion of the coil. I let it defrost overnight. When I turned fridge back on in the morning, the compressor would continue to run and had ice built up in the same spot within two hours or so. Please see attached picture.
Thanks!
To me it looks like a loss of refrigerant.
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Instead of learning the tricks of the trade, learn the trade.
Maybe you can haul it to an appliance repair shop or the junk yard?
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Short of gas.
Replace it!
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Either low on refrigerant or a restriction due to running with an extremely dirty condenser for far too long. But most of the time it’s just low on refrigerator.
“Is this before or after you fired the parts cannon at it?” – senior tech
I’m tired of these mediocre “semi flammable” refrigerants. If we’re going to do it let’s do it right.
Unless we change direction we are likely to end up where we are going.
“It’s not new, it’s better than new!” Maru.