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Re: Samsung fridge freezer trouble
Cheers that’s very helpful.
I’ll phone someone today to look.
Thanks for all the replies.
kwatt wrote:Yep that would indicat the compresor overheating and cutting out on the TOC alright and to be honest, it was my first thought but I was living in hope that it wasn’t. Compressors, not a cheap thing to be replacing. 🙁
K.
Couldnt give me a rough guide on price? with a ballpark figure i can decide whether to get a new fridge.
Thanks for all your help.
kwatt wrote:Sounds awfully like a thermistor (sensor) failure to me, possibly the PCB itself but I’m not too familiar with the Samsung stuff. Essentially the sensor, or thermistor, would have to send a signal back to the PCB to tell it to engage power to the compressor again in order to maintain the set temperature and it looks, from your description, as if the compressor isn’t being energised again when required.
K.
Right did some more testing, the compressor is turning off sooner and sooner after every power reset, and this time it cut out before the display said it was down to the correct temperature, but i then checked the voltage accross the compressor circuit and it was 240volts, does this mean the compressor is failing?
I was thinking towards the sensors until just a minute ago.
thanks for your reply, really appreciate it.
Re: Samsung fridge freezer trouble
Ok done some more investigation.
Here is the cct diagram from the back of the fridge.
Now Upon first startup the wires read.
Yel 240V, S/B 240V, WHT 240V, PNK 200V (all ac)
Then After about 2 minutes
YEL 240V, S/B 0V, WHT 240V, PNK 200V
Then after a while (when the freezer is up to temp and the display stops flashing), it is then completely silent.
YEL 0V, S/B 240V, WHT 240V, PNK 200V
but then the motor never becomes audible again and the freezer and fridge warm right up without the controller turning anything back on, until i reset it then it cools it down to the set temperature and the cycle starts again.
