Siemens freezer – clicks and doesn’t cool

[admin]

After a brief interuption to the power to the freezer, it refuses to start up again. It emits a serier of clicks after which the compressor appears to “stall”? This has happened on one occiasion previusly and, having switched the freezer off for 2-3 days, it started up for the engineer who came out.

I’d be grateful for any tips as to how we might be able to solve the problem

[kwatt]

Hi,

Normally that is indicative of a goosed compressor, which is not good news. But can you give us some more info, like the model number and approx. age of the unit?

K.

[admin]

Re: Siemens freezer – clicks and doesn’t cool

thanks for the prompt reply – Its just over 12 months old. Model KGP36PB.

[kwatt]

IIRC you should have a 2 year warranty then, so best get Appliance Care to have a look at it I’d say.

K.

[admin]

Re: Siemens freezer – clicks and doesn’t cool

thanks very much. I’ll certainly check the warranty. I guess there’s no particular reason the compressor should fail to start immediately after a power cut?

[kwatt]

No not really, but it seems to be a fairly common occurence as I’ve seen or heard of it a fair bit after a power cut. I suspect that if the compressor was already a bit iffy then this is just enough to pop it. 😕

K.

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