 Wolfie00My dog is an elitistPremium
join:2005-03-12
kudos:4 | reply to SandShark
Re: Refrigerator question -- defrost timer Thanks for the tips. I'm pretty sure the answer about the condenser fan motor is "yes", since it's the type of fridge that exhausts warm air out the front bottom (rather than passive coils at the back) which means it can be fully enclosed in cabinetry, which it is. If this is what you mean by condenser fan motor, it isn't broken because I can feel warm air blowing out the bottom when the fridge runs. I occasionally vacuum out the coil area down there but I'll try it again more thoroughly this time in case it's a dirt problem.
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 SandSharkLong may you runPremium,MVM
join:2000-05-23
Santa Fe, TX
kudos:3 | Good deal. I guess now we need to determine where that click is coming from. |
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Wolfie00My dog is an elitistPremium
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kudos:4 | I can hear the click very distinctly (not muffled), so I'm guessing it's coming from the bottom where the compressor is and not from anywhere inside the fridge. Hmmmm... if it's an overheating compressor this sounds like a new fridge may be in my future!  |
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SandSharkLong may you runPremium,MVM
join:2000-05-23
Santa Fe, TX
kudos:3 | One other click I forgot to mention is the start relay, which can make a clicking noise, too. Here's a thread they might help you. It's a do-it-yourself fix if you've a mind to do that kind of stuff.
»www.applianceblog.com/archives/2···e_1.html |
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Wolfie00My dog is an elitistPremium
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kudos:4 | I forgot to mention something too. As best as I can tell when the house gets warm (e.g.- it's a warm day but I don't turn on the A/C) the fridge does not get any warmer -- instead it just seems to run a little longer. But it just refuses to go below 40. It has separate thermostats for the freezer and fridge and both are turned to the lowest temperature, to no avail! That tends to suggest a control problem -- defrost timer or thermostat -- rather than something overheating. But the "click" is definitely not a thermostat -- it sounds like a big relay.
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"Until he extends his circle of compassion to include all living things, man will not himself find peace" -- Dr. Albert Schweitzer
"A dog is like a child who never grows old ... always there to love and be loved" -- Aaron Katcher
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SandSharkLong may you runPremium,MVM
join:2000-05-23
Santa Fe, TX
kudos:3 | What you're describing regarding the temperature can be a control issue, but an intermittent problem with the overload or relay can keep the unit from getting down to temperature, also. I don't work on non-commercial refrigerator/freezers, so I'm trying to relate my experience with commercial reach-in refrigerators and freezers to your equipment. The click you describe sure sounds like the overload or relay, though. |
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robbinPremium,MVM
join:2000-09-21
Leander, TX
kudos:1 | reply to Wolfie00
Open up the bottom -- get a pillow -- and just lay there and try to identify the click. It sounds like it is happening fairly often so it shouldn't be too hard.
It may help to unplug it and restart to get the click to happen sooner. |
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SandSharkLong may you runPremium,MVM
join:2000-05-23
Santa Fe, TX
kudos:3 | said by robbin:Open up the bottom -- get a pillow -- and just lay there and try to identify the click. It sounds like it is happening fairly often so it shouldn't be too hard. It may help to unplug it and restart to get the click to happen sooner. I've got rain gear, coats and jackets, gloves, funny looking hats, an umbrella and various tarps on my van. A pillow is on my list.  Really, though, that's a good suggestion for trying to pinpoint that click. |
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Wolfie00My dog is an elitistPremium
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kudos:4
1 edit | reply to robbin
said by robbin:Open up the bottom -- get a pillow -- and just lay there and try to identify the click. It sounds like it is happening fairly often so it shouldn't be too hard. It may help to unplug it and restart to get the click to happen sooner. I can pretty much guarantee what I would hear -- that it is coming from the bottom area around the compressor, which is open to the front via the vent panel. Everything else is completely enclosed.
said by mityfowl:Could this be the thermostat is shot? Not likely, since there are two, one for the freezer and one for the fridge, and the manual says "the setting of one affects the temperature in the other to some extent", whatever that is supposed to mean!
Incidentally, the freezer seems fine, although I don't monitor the temp in there, just in the fridge. But everything is solidly frozen.
I suppose I should call the Maytag man and if it's something super expensive I'll just pay the service call and get a new fridge. It's just that I also need a new dishwasher and just put in a new A/C and a new roof. And instead of trees that grow money, I get rogue trees in unwanted places that have to be cut down and disposed of at great expense. 
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"Until he extends his circle of compassion to include all living things, man will not himself find peace" -- Dr. Albert Schweitzer
"A dog is like a child who never grows old ... always there to love and be loved" -- Aaron Katcher
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 mityfowlPremium
join:2000-11-06
Dallas, TX
4 edits | I don't think there are 2 thermostats. I think there is 1 thermostat in the freezer and a "slider gateway or electronic gateway" to adjust the air flow from freezer to refrigerator. It looks like 2 adjustments but thats the electronic air flow.
Maybe you might want to dig everything out from the freezer and look at that air flow to the ref side. It might be the fan there.
Or maybe look at the inlet on the ref side. |
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robbinPremium,MVM
join:2000-09-21
Leander, TX
kudos:1 | reply to Wolfie00
said by Wolfie00:I can pretty much guarantee what I would hear -- that it is coming from the bottom area around the compressor, which is open to the front via the vent panel. Everything else is completely enclosed. I don't doubt that -- but if you are right there when it makes the click you may be able to identify the component by sound. Basically what I am saying is that you are hearing a click -- so go for it and figure out the component making it. It is not necessarily the way the repairman would do it but you could save some $ if you do do it yourself and this is one way to identify the faulty component. |
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