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Ok, today I am going to be discussing with you the five most common problems with
refrigerators.
Number one is a stuck fridge fan. When you open your fridge and it is in it's run cycle you should hear the sound like you are hearing now, the fan motor spinning, sometimes what happens is the fan blades get stuck against the side or the fan blade itself goes so far back that it seats against the motor and than the blades get stuck and don't turn
second most common problems with refrigerators is drips from the ceiling
now if it's just small drips it can be caused by food put in that's hot like
boiling or something that had boiled
and than set in the fridge without a cover on it, the way to eliminate that is
to keep a cover on your food
but if your seeing excessive drips
from the inside center here
then it may indicate
that you have a clogged condensate drain
which is a very common problem with refrigerators
The third most common problem with refrigerators is the compressor not
running.
If you listen
back here you can kind of hear the hum of the compressor. So if you don't hear that
sound
that low humming sound
that's different from the fan going than
your starter may need to be replaced on the compressor.
The fourth most common problem with refrigerators is torn gaskets the way that
you prevent that from happening is to clean the gaskets here often
and to clean
the fridge surface here often
where it mates because what happens is sticky foods stick in there and than
pulling apart from the gasket
eventually can tear the gasket wear out the gasket so that's the way to
kind of prevent it. Each
door manufacturer is different
so you might have to consult your directions on how to replace your gasket
some of them will have screws along the inside portion here
of the gasket in order to change it
others will have a press in place groove that the gasket
gets pressed into
others the entire door portion will pull apart so that you can
replace the gasket so each kind
is just slightly different.
And the fifth most common problem with refrigerators is being off balance
what you want is for when you let your fridge door go
you want it to just close
nice and gently
and close all the way
you want the fridge to aim towards the back just a tiny bit so that condensate
goes down and stays along the back of the fridge and settles into the pan
that's on the back on the top of the compressor
usually but anyway you want your fridge to angle towards the back just a tiny bit
if your fridge is off balance
there is usually an adjustment screw here
or some fridges have a wheel that is turned here
this ones got a wheel thats turned
as you can see one on each side
and these can be adjusted
just by lifting up a little bit
on the fridge and than turning this either by hand
or with channel locks. So that's the five most common problems with refrigerators.