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Forum topic by JasonIndy posted 249 days ago 233 views 0 times favorited 7 replies Add to Favorites Watch
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JasonIndy

53 posts in 332 days


249 days ago

I figure woodworking and general housework (sort of) often go hand in hand so I thought I might try my luck here.

Been having problems with the refrigerator not cooling lately. Replaced a bad gasket and it was fine for a while. Just blew some compressed air through the condenser coils, cleaned it up, and plugged it back in. Now my fan on the back by the coils isn’t kicking on. I tried posting at other, hmmm, more appropriate websites but didn’t get any responses. Any tips (sans getting a new refrigerator) would be appreciated!

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Steelmum

347 posts in 860 days


249 days ago

Your coils are on the back? Just how old is this thing? Sounds like someone gets to go shopping! If it is as old as I suspect it will save you a bunch on the electric bill. I replaced mine with a bigger one and save 15 dollars on my electric bill.

-- Berta in NC

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BroDave

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249 days ago

Just replace the fan motor.

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John Gray

1754 posts in 782 days


249 days ago

See if your “blowing” might have bent the fan and now it is hitting on something so it can’t turn. My 2 cents.

-- Only the Shadow knows....................

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JasonIndy

53 posts in 332 days


248 days ago

Well, after about an hour it magically turned itself on again. Maybe it just went through a really long defrost cycle. Either way we’re going to go shopping for a new one soon. Thank you everybody for all the replies!

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ryno

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248 days ago

try this site. it helped me tremendously. My washing machine went out and this sited probably saved me around $200. it gives you step by step instructions and alot of times very specific pictures. its great, make sure and save it to your favorites.

http://fixitnow.com/

-- It is better to keep your mouth shut and appear stupid than to open it and remove all doubt.

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3fingerpat

909 posts in 565 days


248 days ago

In the future, if you have anymore appliance issues, here is a website loaded with info about your appliances, I have used several times to troubleshooting issue myself and have saved a ton of $. Good luck.

http://fixitnow.com/

-- "You get what you inspect, not what you expect"

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3fingerpat

909 posts in 565 days


248 days ago

hey ryno, smart people think alike and enter info at the same time!

-- "You get what you inspect, not what you expect"

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