On Aug 20, 7:23*pm, aemeijers wrote:
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

Electric rates must be high where you live.
My electric bill is about 80 bucks a month, averaged over the whole
year. (used to be higher, but I replaced furnace and had insulation
added to the attic.)
I went to the federal website a couple of months ago, and punched in my
current early-90's? fridge that came with the house, and a cheap new
one. Payback was over 7 years. I won't be in this house that long. If it
dies, it dies- I'll buy an efficient one then.


I went to the DOE Energy Star website and did the same thing with my
24 year old unit before I replaced it. The calculator on the website
came up with a high number, think it was like $320 a year to
operate. I measured it with a Killawatt meter for several days and
it was actually running at $180 a year. The new one is running at
$95 which is close to the label number.

So, treat those DOE generated numbers with caution. I think they are
probably deliberately skewed to absolute worst case and may assume the
door seals are shot and leaking, etc.





(I probably should pull it away from the wall and clean the coils, but I
am afraid that the copper line to the clogged-up icemaker would break,
and the furnace company put the new duct run right under the stupid
flimsy saddle valve, so I can't really get on it to close it without
risking a flood if it breaks off...)

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