View Single Post
  #2   Report Post  
rck
 
Posts: n/a
Default Refrigerator Tripping Breaker

If you are lucky, it may be the start relay or capacitor. If the relay is
bad, depending on the model, it won't pull in the start winding or capacitor
and that'll trip the breaker. Unplug the fridge, examine contacts on start
relay. The relay is usually located on the side of the compressor. Much
cheaper than a compressor.

Bob

"Chris" wrote in message
news:%%Bpc.57053$iF6.5174212@attbi_s02...
Hi,

We have a GE refrigerator/freezer which is about 5 years old. I woke up
this morning and noticed the refrigerator was off, so I checked the

breaker
and found out it was tripped. I reset it and the refrigerator started to
run. Later in the day, I checked to see if the contents of the

refrigerator
were being cooled, but discovered they were actually warmer than they were
in the morning. The fan was running, but the compressor wasn't. The next
think I tried was to turn off the refrigerator from the control inside the
refrigerator and then turn it back on. This tripped the breaker.

I suspect the compressor is bad. I have previously cleaned the dust out

of
the coils, so I don't think it was running an excessive amount of time due
to poor heat exchange.

Any ideas on what I might try before having it repaired?

Thanks,

Chris