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Why does nobody talk about the first time a fridge compressor lockout catches you off guard
I was in a basement in St. Louis last March, cold as ever, and I spent two hours chasing a no-cool call on a Whirlpool before I finally noticed the compressor was hot to the touch and a quick continuity check told me it was just the internal overload cycling, not a dead part.
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karent7524d ago
Jump right in during a humid July afternoon in a townhouse near St. Charles. I had a similar call where the compressor was cycling on and off so fast the customer thought it was possessed. What nobody warns you about is how the thermal overload can fool you into thinking it's a bad start relay when it's really just the compressor working too hard in an attic space that hits 130 degrees. I started carrying an infrared thermometer just to check the dome temperature first thing now.
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the_simon24d ago
Take that infrared thermometer and check the dome temp before you even pop the disconnect. What's the highest dome temperature you've seen on a call that actually turned out to be just the thermal overload tripping and not a bad start relay? I'm asking because I had one last month where the dome was reading 145 degrees and the compressor was still kicking on after a cool down, but the customer swore it was possessed. Did you ever have one where the overload was cycling so fast you had to wait 20 minutes just to get a steady reading?
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