CrealCritter
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Ok so our refrigerator went out. Symptom was is stopped cooling. Well we need a refrigerator so I went out right away and bought a new one. The kind delivery guys offered to take the old one away for free. I said no put it my shop I want to have a look at it and see if I can fix it. If I can't fix it then I'll take it to the scrap yard and get 10 to 15 dollars for it.
So today I plugged it in and it worked as normal (freezer & refrigerator both got cold). I'm scratching my head... So i.unplugged it took the back panel off and plugged it back in. Sure enough the compressor kicked in but the compressor fan that keeps the compressor cool was not running at all. So I unplugged the compressor fan and measured the voltage at the plug, yep it's getting 115 volts AC. Then I measured continuity across the coil of the compressor fan motor. No continuity, so the coil must have burned up in the fan motor.
I went out to Sears found the part number for the kenmore model of the refrigerator and the compressor fan motor part number. I looks at the price of the fan motor and about fell out of my chair.
Then I went out to fleabay, searched the part number and sorted on new and lowest price including shipping and this popped up.
Needless to say I don't need to tell you where I ordered the fan motor from.
This is the reason Sears is having such a hard time and is just about out of business. Plus, you still have to pay tax and shipping from Sears. I mean the price difference isn't even close at all. So I guess it's a shame! But also could be a sham! Whichever it is, momma didn't raise no fool.
Anyways, with the fan not spinning to cool the compressor, it tripped the overheated temperature sensor on the compressor and shut the unit down. Unplugging it and allowing the compressor to cool off reset the overheated temperature sensor, that's why it started running again when I hooked it up in the shop. The new fan motor should take all of about 15 minutes to replace and I'll have a working refrigerator/freezer again. Easy smeazy cheap fix. My wife got a new refrigerator for the kitchen, I get one for the shop
So today I plugged it in and it worked as normal (freezer & refrigerator both got cold). I'm scratching my head... So i.unplugged it took the back panel off and plugged it back in. Sure enough the compressor kicked in but the compressor fan that keeps the compressor cool was not running at all. So I unplugged the compressor fan and measured the voltage at the plug, yep it's getting 115 volts AC. Then I measured continuity across the coil of the compressor fan motor. No continuity, so the coil must have burned up in the fan motor.
I went out to Sears found the part number for the kenmore model of the refrigerator and the compressor fan motor part number. I looks at the price of the fan motor and about fell out of my chair.
Then I went out to fleabay, searched the part number and sorted on new and lowest price including shipping and this popped up.
Needless to say I don't need to tell you where I ordered the fan motor from.
This is the reason Sears is having such a hard time and is just about out of business. Plus, you still have to pay tax and shipping from Sears. I mean the price difference isn't even close at all. So I guess it's a shame! But also could be a sham! Whichever it is, momma didn't raise no fool.
Anyways, with the fan not spinning to cool the compressor, it tripped the overheated temperature sensor on the compressor and shut the unit down. Unplugging it and allowing the compressor to cool off reset the overheated temperature sensor, that's why it started running again when I hooked it up in the shop. The new fan motor should take all of about 15 minutes to replace and I'll have a working refrigerator/freezer again. Easy smeazy cheap fix. My wife got a new refrigerator for the kitchen, I get one for the shop
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