Money for bad dishwasher board.

[combo52]

Reply number 27, hi Mike

That cardboard back on the back of your GE refrigerator is very important. It helps channel the air from the condenser fan over the compressor to keep the compressor cooler removing the back may make the compressor run hot under high temperature conditions and cause it to go out on the thermal overload. The back really must remain in place for proper operation.

In normal use these GE condensers never get dirty enough except an extreme cases and require cleaning. I would check it and clean it maybe every 10 years unless you have a severely dirty house or a lot of cats etc., that shed.

Even with a half inch thick layer of dust over the entire condenser it does not affect the performance of the refrigerator at all. It was designed to work with dirt on it as I mentioned before GE demonstrated this design with a 2 inch thick layer of fiberglass insulation wrapped around the condenser and the refrigerator performed just as well as a clean condenser.

 

[vacerator]

Thank you Combo. The right hand side is against a cabinet. The cardboard has been long gone. It was very flimsy. Not like GE used in the 80's.
The fridge doesn't owe us anything. Our neighbors have a newer GE in their basement and it's been fine for several years. Their kitchen fridge is a 81/2 year old Samsung that ices up, and rarely makes any ice. Their ready to pitch it for either another GE from Costco or, an LG because some publication rates them among the best.??

 

[DADoES]

Reply number 27, hi Mike

That cardboard back on the back of your GE refrigerator is very important. It helps channel the air from the condenser fan over the compressor to keep the compressor cooler removing the back may make the compressor run hot under high temperature conditions and cause it to go out on the thermal overload. The back really must remain in place for proper operation.

In normal use these GE condensers never get dirty enough except an extreme cases and require cleaning. I would check it and clean it maybe every 10 years unless you have a severely dirty house or a lot of cats etc., that shed.

Even with a half inch thick layer of dust over the entire condenser it does not affect the performance of the refrigerator at all. It was designed to work with dirt on it as I mentioned before GE demonstrated this design with a 2 inch thick layer of fiberglass insulation wrapped around the condenser and the refrigerator performed just as well as a clean condenser.

My 2004/2005 Arctica had the "jelly-roll"-type condenser. I cleaned it a few times by removing the rear panel and vacuuming the accessible exterior surface, then blowing the remainder off with an air compressor. The rear panel was metal with slots at the right side by the condenser. I understood that both the rear panel and the cardboard cover on the right end of the condenser "roll" are important regards to properly directing the airflow.

 

[pstehle]

My 10 year old "Black Friday" Homeless Despot Amana bottom freezer has the folded welded-wire condenser underneath. The only way to get it clean is to empty the fresh food section, roll it out from it's space and tip it back... seems like an awful design. If they'd rotated the coil 90 degrees, it could be vacuumed out from the kick panel. They only seemed to stock them for Black Friday, and they were $698 back then with stainless steel doors. Pretty darn good value compared to today's prices!

 

[combo52]

Reply number 34 and others

The condenser on a modern fan forced refrigerator does not need to be spotlessly clean for the refrigerator to work at top efficiency.

That Amana refrigerator you have with the condenser on the bottom is an excellent design. It was put in that way so that the worst dirt would accumulate at the front where it was easy to remove. If it had been put sideways it would’ve just filled up with dirt front to back. And the air would’ve just gone right through and not been pulled through the fins and over the tubes as efficiently.

As long as some air can get through the condenser, even though there’s a lot of dust and lint on it, it will still work as well as it did the day it was made on my KitchenAid refrigerator, and all refrigerator in the kitchen. I have never removed them from the wall, I’ve only cleaned the condensers from the front. They’ve been in there for 39 years. They’re both working great.

John L

 

[qsd-dan]

I pull the refrigerators out every new years day, remove the back, blow them out front and back with compressed air, and lubricate the condenser fan bearings with turbine oil. Before I had a compressor (over 20 years ago), I used an electric leaf blower. Messy, but very effective.

Other new years day chores include removing the dryer and cleaning the vent as well as removing and checking the anode rod on the water heater. T minus 5 days.