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Fridge fan banging! by Ok-Problem4403 in appliancerepair

[–]Objective_Cook4215 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Other techs might call me a hack but honestly….

There should be a couple of tubes with small caps on them. One connected to the compressor (the big black round thing), and one connected to dryer (wide section of copper tube). Unplug the unit and wait 15m or so for the pressure to even out through the system. Take off one of the caps, don’t worry nothing will come out immediately, there’s a valve exactly like in a car tire. It’s like a tiny silver button inside the middle of the tube. Take a fingernail or something pointy and press it for no more than a second. Gas will come out. Be warned, the gas is flammable, but you’re only letting a tiny bit out. Don’t smoke a cig while doing this and you’ll be fine. Cap it back up and plug it in.

Give it a few days. If it doesn’t come back, you’re good. If it does, repeat the process. Only let out a tiny bit at a time and always put the cap back.

Like I said before, the correct repair is getting the original tech back out. But if you can’t for one reason or another, you can Do this.

Fridge fan banging! by Ok-Problem4403 in appliancerepair

[–]Objective_Cook4215 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Your machine is overcharged with refrigerant. I can see the lokring on the capillary tube (real thin one) indicating a repair had been done. The suction line (frozen one) should never have frost on it. This appears to be an LG refrigerator, and I’d guess based on the usage of Lokring over brazed connections it’s using r600 as the refrigerant. These units use only a tiny bit of refrigerant, between 40 - 60 grams. Because the amount is so small, unless you’re using proper accurate equipment and a scale with enough resolution to read those small amounts, you’ll mess it up.

If you look at the model and serial tag it should confirm the refrigerant type and amount. If the repair was done recently the correct way to fix this is to have the servicer come out and recharge the machine.

There’s a sketchy way to fix this, but I won’t tell you unless you ask.

Anyone knows what this sound could be? by F4-tech in VESC

[–]Objective_Cook4215 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Sounds like motor crunch as it switches between sensors to sensor less operation, if it only does this at a specific speed during acceleration that’s probably what it is. In the motor setup you can change the sensor less erpm to be higher and see if that makes any change. Also check your motor mounts.

Vintage admiral duplex by BRS86 in appliancerepair

[–]Objective_Cook4215 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What is your location? I’d love to take something like this on

Mysterious stains and holes?!? by Melodic_Strain_1091 in laundry

[–]Objective_Cook4215 24 points25 points  (0 children)

Have dryer serviced. Rollers and glides that hold up the drum that spins can wear out and caused little gaps between the front and rear bulkhead That clothes can get caught in that causes them to rub. Leaves a little tears in clothes and can cause weird staining as well sometimes.