On Aug 20, 8:43*am, bob haller wrote:
On Aug 20, 8:31 am, wrote:





On Aug 18, 5:06 pm, "Walter R." wrote:

This is most likely your compressor going out. Call Amana. They will direct
you to their warranty service. A new compressor will cost you about $ 600.
Take advantage of your warranty. New refrigerators no longer have a 5 year
warranty on their compressor, or anything else. One year is it. They don't
build refrigerators like they used to, anymore, even upscale models.

Nonsense. The Kitchenaid fridge I bought last year has a 5 year
parts and labor warranty on the refrigeration system and the cabinet
itself. It has a 10 year warranty on parts for the refrigeration
system. And I think you can find plenty more manufacturers with
similar warranties.

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Amana refrig only 4 yrs old and the compressor is slowly dying. The
overload/relay is buzzing every 10 min and the temp is slowly rising
inside. I replaced the overload/relay and this didn't help matters at
all. It's still under warranty for the compressor.

I called one very good repair company here in Seattle and he said he
didn't do any warranty work. He recommended buying a new refrig. I
hesistate to call Sears or A&E Factory Service based on the reviews
I've read online. I have a call into the place I bought it from but I
doubt they can do much.

Opinions? The ice cream is melting! Any good repair service here in
the South End of King County?

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new fridges save boatloads of energy over the old ones, with the cost
of electric today its a good idea to replace any fridge over 10 years
old

I wouldn't be so fast to conclude that. I replaced a 24 year old one
last year with a new energy star one. I measured the electric
consumption for several days before and then again for several day
with the new one. the new unit uses about $95 a year in electricity,
close to what the label says. The old one used $180 a year. So,
I,m saving $85 a year in electric and that is here in NJ where I'm
paying 18cents/kwh. Even at that high energy cost, it will take 17
years to pay for the new fridge. In other parts of the country,
where electric is more like 12 cents, it would take even longer.
Energy savings are a factor to consider, but if someone has a unit
that is only 10 years old and is otherwise OK, they should do some
actual measurements with a killawatt meter before jumping to
conclusions.