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Showerthought: I used to treat every fridge with a bad compressor like a lost cause
About two years back, I'd get a call for a fridge not cooling, check the compressor, hear that awful click or hum, and just tell the customer it was a full swap, no questions asked. The turning point was this old Whirlpool in a basement apartment last fall, where the guy literally begged me to try anything because he couldn't afford a new unit. On a total whim, I tried a hard start kit and a new relay, which cost maybe 35 bucks total. That fridge is still running today. Now, I always at least test with a hard start kit before I condemn a compressor, and it's saved a handful of jobs from being write-offs. Anyone else have a simple test or part they started using that changed their diagnosis process?
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blair_taylor321d ago
Yeah, that "slapped a 3-in-1 on it" move has saved my butt more than once.
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ray_martinez821d ago
Man, same here! I was so quick to write them off. Had a nearly identical thing happen with an old GE, slapped a 3-in-1 on it as a last ditch thing and it kicked right on. Felt like a genius for a week.
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lee8471d ago
Nah, I've had the opposite luck with those universal parts. They got my old dryer running for maybe two weeks before it quit for good. Sometimes the old stuff is just done.
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