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Found out last week that most fridge compressors fail because of a cheap $12 relay, not the actual motor
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wright.leo11d agoMost Upvoted
Think about all the cheap plastic parts in our lives that could screw us over. I've got a drawer full of old phone chargers that are basically the same deal - a $3 cord that can fry a $800 phone. My car's got a radiator cap that costs like $8 and if it fails, boom, there goes the whole engine. Guess that's just how they get us, right? We're all one bad relay or cap away from a really expensive Tuesday.
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kai_chen211d ago
That relay is just doing its job" - okay but that job is literally destroying a $500 compressor! I looked up the failure mode and apparently it's basically a cheap plastic switch that gets stuck, then the compressor runs nonstop until it overheats. My buddy just spent $900 on a new fridge because of that exact issue. It really messes with my head that a part costing less than a pizza can brick an entire appliance. Doesn't it make you wonder what other hidden failure points are hiding in our everyday stuff?
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