Hoping to tap the collective knowledge for ideas. I'm stumped. Parents have a 3-year old Whirlpool refrigerator, 21 cuft or thereabouts, that runs excessively. Certainly runs more often than my 7 yea
Perhaps a leak in the system so the whatever they used to replace freon is low, and the compressor is working overtime trying to compensate for the lack of refrigerant. mjb. _________________________
Certainly someone confirmed that the coils were clear and not all covered with dog hair, etc?!? Hoping to tap the collective knowledge for ideas. I'm stumped. Parents have a 3-year old Whirlpool refr
You might want to run the Kill-A-Watt meter for a longer period, like 24-48 hours. You may have hit a defrost cycle which consumes a lot of power in a short time as heaters are activated to melt accu
Yep. I'm told the coils get cleaned regularly (they were certainly clear when I checked). JM _______________________________________________ Shop-talk@autox.team.net Donate: http://www.team.net/donat
I was one of my initial thoughts, too. I cannot say whether the techs checked for this but I would hope so. Parents do say they haven't had a freeze-up like you see with air conditioner units that ar
Also check for an option switch like "exterior moisture control". I my 10 year old Maytag, this runs a heater around the door seal area to evaporate condensation. Brian ______________________________
I just fixed a fridge that had the defrost drain hole plugged. While it also showed other more obvious symptoms like flooding the fridge with meltwater that didn't go down the drain, it also ran exce
First a little personal rant about Whirlpool: I have a Duet washer & dryer and a KitchenAid fridge they built. Their quality is spotty; the warranties suck; they now own probably 70% of the "American