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Thread Number: 71880
/ Tag: Refrigerators
56 year old Coldspot Fridge blowing fuses.. |
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Post# 950861 , Reply# 1 7/31/2017 at 01:56 (2,458 days old) by rp2813  (Sannazay) |
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Post# 950931 , Reply# 2 7/31/2017 at 14:34 (2,458 days old) by kb0nes (Burnsville, MN) |
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I'm assuming that the unit is running and cooling as long as the fuse holds?
There is very little that could cause a _working_ refrigerator to draw excessive current. If it is a self-defrosting model then it is possible that the defrost heater has shorted which could blow the fuse when it goes into defrost. Personally I'd suspect that something somewhere else in the home was added to that branch making the fuse inadequate for the power drawn. This will require investigation of everything on that branch. As for the aging wiring causing the problem, that can't happen either unless it has shorted somewhere and then it wouldn't likely be intermittent. Everyone should own a Kill-A-Watt meter anyhow, so this would be a great time to get one to see what the unit is actual drawing. | ||
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Post# 951004 , Reply# 4 8/1/2017 at 01:01 (2,457 days old) by rp2813 (Sannazay) |
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Post# 951023 , Reply# 5 8/1/2017 at 06:33 (2,457 days old) by turquoisedude (.) |
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 Odd.... Of course the fridge is probably a '6' so you shouldn't be plugging in more than '1'.... LOL
OK, Green Acres references aside, does the refrigerator blow the fuse if just the interior lights are on or does it pop when the cold control is turned on?
When I got my 55 Coldspot freezer a couple of years ago, it was in running condition; however when I got it home and inspected it, the power cord and internal wiring were nice and crispy. It would have blown fuses, too if I had plugged it in when I first got it. Perhaps some of the internal wiring in the '61 has deteriorated and if, by chance, the fridge got moved, that may have caused the problem.
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Post# 951078 , Reply# 6 8/1/2017 at 11:19 (2,457 days old) by MattL (Flushing, MI) |
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My hunch is the fridge is not long for this world....
BTW, it's sitting right next to a Tappan 400 range. | ||
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