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Debate: When do you call it on a tough diagnosis? I spent 4 hours on a fridge not cooling yesterday - turned out to be a bad start relay all along.
Lucky I didn't swap the compressor. Do you guys keep digging or throw in the towel after 2 hours?
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betty_perry241mo ago
The last time I fixed a fridge in 20 minutes, it was the door gasket, and the customer paid me in venison.
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violag801mo ago
Four hours is a solid effort, but did you actually meter out the start relay before the compressor swap? Seeing that 3 ohm reading on the start winding would've saved you all that headache. Sometimes the cheapest part causes the most guessing, right?
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the_claire1mo ago
Can't believe you'd skip metering the relay... that's like Rule Number One in my book. I've made that exact mistake before and it cost me a whole afternoon of backtracking. Yeah, the cheapest part always seems to be the one that gets overlooked until it's too late.
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