My refrigerator causes a home blackout every 2 hours.
When the refrigerator is switched off, no blackout occurs after several
hours.

I am not a technician. What could be the problem?

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My refrigerator causes a home blackout every 2 hours.
When the refrigerator is switched off, no blackout occurs after several
hours.

I am not a technician. What could be the problem?

How do you get the power back on? Reset the circuit breaker?
If so, isn't the answer fairly obvious? Either the breaker is
bad, or the refrigerator, in combination with everything else on
the same circuit, is using more electricity than the circuit can
provide. That can happen because you've got too many things plugged
in on the same circuit, or because the refrigerator compressor is
consuming more power than it should (e.g. if it's in need of repair).

Of course, the refrigerator might not be the culprit -- maybe it's
the heater in that new hot tub on the same circuit, and the frig is
just the "straw that breaks the camel's back."

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My refrigerator causes a home blackout every 2 hours.
When the refrigerator is switched off, no blackout occurs after several
hours.

I am not a technician. What could be the problem?
bad wiring in your home which you should have looked
at or, a bad compressor in the freg which should be
popping the breakers if it's that bad? that is if the
breakers haven't some how be compromised on their
proper values.


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- wrote:
My refrigerator causes a home blackout every 2 hours.
When the refrigerator is switched off, no blackout occurs after
several hours.

What do you mean by 'blackout'?