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At which point I am now out of my depth.
Comfortable with easily replaceable components, but not going beyond that. 😀
Gutted that I now face skipping a £2K appliance, in otherwise great condition, for the sake of something that might be so relatively basic.
Is it likely that a local qualified engineer might be able to sort ? My experience says not. 10 minutes of meddling around the back has previously only resulted in a call out fee and the comment .. “easier to just buy a new one”.
Up until now I have proved them wrong with a dishwasher, washer-dryer, vacuum cleaner and audio amplifier all going on to give me years of service after a little digging around and buying a part for nothing more than a few quid online.
It appears I may now have been beaten.
So an update, now I have had time to move it and investigate further.
As I understand, from left to right.
- Capacitor
- connector block
- relay
- compressor
- fan unit
When I now plug in the fan works fine, there is no indication that the compressor is working.
For several seconds there is a quiet buzzing from the relay. When this stops there is silence for 20 seconds or so and then the cycle just repeats.
So despite it starting on the very first occasion this leads me to believe that either the replacement relay has insufficient kick to start the compressor, or the compressor has now died.
Nothing however explains why it worked for a few hours after me initially replacing the relay.
So after leaving the appliance to settle overnight, no improvement.
It appears, that despite initially firing up both fridge and freezer, the repair has failed.
Fridge is currently reading 9-10 degs and the freezer about 12.
As replacing the relay did work at first, that would appear to confirm that it was that component at fault. However, maybe the specification of the relay is important and that is why it is no longer chilling.
Unless there are issues with the compressor.
Would anybody please be able to advise on the part no. and a source for the correct relay ?
