Fridge dead on a Fking saturday in the Fking evening again >.>

[fitz19d]

Fridge/Freezer dead.

Any recommendations on immediate action attempts I can do on the fridge? Lights on breaker not out. Been serviced once before when it died.

Hoping I can maybe leave some stuff out in a cooler with ice on the deck in the cold.

EDITED UPDATE: Cleaned coils, seems to have recovered for now. Hoping that's all it was and shopping in a few days. Think it's original to house so like 2003, probably due for replacement anyways since modern stuff seems to want more frequent replacing than my parents ancient stuff.

[ray1970]

First world problem.

There are people on this planet that would love to have a refrigerator, even if it didn't work.

[fitz19d]

I wouldnt mind so much, but I have stuff like bulk amounts of fish food from group buys thats a somewhat pretty penny.

Cleaned the coils, and left it, seems to be working again now. Hopefully holds while I can spend some time shopping in the week ahead.

Drives me nuts because despite the weekend being 2 days out of 7.... sure as shit always on those 2 days. This applies to 3 other major appliances with issues since I bought the place.

[MarkCO]

Usually it is the switch on the side of the compressor. Called by different names, but basically the starter relay/thermal overload assembly. They are $30-$60 and the most common reason that refers stop cooling.

Clean the fan and coils annually and refrigerators last a LONG time. If the thermal protection has been cycling frequently, eventually the bi-metal tab breaks (unit will rattle) and will have to be replaced, but it is pretty simple to do.

[funkymonkey1111]

First world problem.

There are people on this planet that would love to have a refrigerator, even if it didn't work.

We live in the first world

[ray1970]

We live in the first world

You do. I live in Thornton. It's practically a third world country up here.

[Great-Kazoo]

DRY ICE. that will hold you over till another frige can be up and running.

[StagLefty]

You do. I live in Thornton. It's practically a third world country up here.

[brutal]

Curious as to the brand?

I shy away from anything made by GE which has the worst track record in our household over the past 30 years, which includes some Kenmore/Sears appliances, and have had the best luck with Whirlpool manufactured appliances including those they made for Kenmore/Sears.

That said, I've performed a few basic repairs myself on some appliances to keep them running longer. Only once did I pay Sears to come fix a washer that needed more diagnosis and repair than I had time for and felt comfortable doing myself, that thankfully turned out to cost significantly less than a new replacement.

I don't know how current this is, but it's a good resource.

http://www.appliance411.com/purchase/make.shtml

[fitz19d]

Where do you even buy dry ice? Another dumb question, never needed it.



@brutal, it's a whirlpool gold. Think all the appliances we replaced were the same.