bethann
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Poor Grace has underwent surgery a couple of times.
Finally, she is a happy camper!
First, I want to thank Jimmy for sending me the info I needed to get this started.
If anyone here has ever worked on a GE fridge you'll know where I'm coming from on this. From what I've found they manufactured their own parts which makes it very difficult to replace them. I'm starting to think they are their own animal.
It all started when sometime last year the relay went out. Sounds like a simple fix right? Nope. The relay is a four wire, which is next to impossible to find unless you have one laying around or a donor fridge. Then they converted them to a three wire, but you have to have a gaurdette ( however you spell it ) in order to make the three wire work. Well, it took forever to find just the right one and she was running again.
Great, until I blew a breaker and flipped it back on while she was running and blew it up again! ( from what I was told anytime that happens make sure you shut the fridge down for 10 min and let the liquid run back down. If you don't that can happen )
Needless to say after that I decided to replace the compressor.
Hopefully she be good to go for another 50!
I'll post a few pictures.
The first one is the old compressor. The metal tray that's attached for the drain pan to sit on has a big tube that runs underneath it. Freon circulates thru it to evaporate the water I suppose. Note: If you ever replace a compressor like this watch how much freon you put in it. It acually calls for 3 lbs. on the old compressor but, without the tube being there anymore it takes a lot less. Less than a lb.
Finally, she is a happy camper!
First, I want to thank Jimmy for sending me the info I needed to get this started.
If anyone here has ever worked on a GE fridge you'll know where I'm coming from on this. From what I've found they manufactured their own parts which makes it very difficult to replace them. I'm starting to think they are their own animal.
It all started when sometime last year the relay went out. Sounds like a simple fix right? Nope. The relay is a four wire, which is next to impossible to find unless you have one laying around or a donor fridge. Then they converted them to a three wire, but you have to have a gaurdette ( however you spell it ) in order to make the three wire work. Well, it took forever to find just the right one and she was running again.
Great, until I blew a breaker and flipped it back on while she was running and blew it up again! ( from what I was told anytime that happens make sure you shut the fridge down for 10 min and let the liquid run back down. If you don't that can happen )
Needless to say after that I decided to replace the compressor.
Hopefully she be good to go for another 50!
I'll post a few pictures.
The first one is the old compressor. The metal tray that's attached for the drain pan to sit on has a big tube that runs underneath it. Freon circulates thru it to evaporate the water I suppose. Note: If you ever replace a compressor like this watch how much freon you put in it. It acually calls for 3 lbs. on the old compressor but, without the tube being there anymore it takes a lot less. Less than a lb.
