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compressor not starting
9 of 15 peoplefound this instruction helpful.
H.K. from Seagoville, TX
Really Easy
Less than 15 mins
Screw drivers
Refrigerator is not cooling. Light and fan working. Changed the capacitor.. Still not cooling. Back to discovery mode.It may be the timer Certainly not PartSelect's fault. They have great service.
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Compressor not coming on
Kevin from Morris, IL
Easy
15 - 30 mins
Nutdriver
Had to e-mail GE for electrical schematic. Checked voltages to compressor. Jumpered compressor to see if it would even come on. Found bad run capacitor. Fixed.
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A power surge made my side by side refrigerator stop working
Country at from SAYRE, OK
Easy
15 - 30 mins
Nutdriver, Pliers, Screw drivers
I started at the compressor and replaced the overload and the Ptcr first and that did not make the compressor start running again, so I replaced the capasitor and it still did not start, so I bit the bulett and replaced the Main Control Board and that is what I should have checked first, when I removed the old one I found a little burnt s
... Read morepot on the back that I could not see from the front. The new one did not look exactly like the old one, it had two more wire terminals than the old one, but just leave them blank and everything will work just fine!