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Hello When I plug in my kENMORE 25361662101 it turns on and appears to be working, but then after some while it trips the outlet and turns off. I tested the outlet and its good and only have this issue when the refrigerator is plugged not with any other appliance! I realized there is no sound coming out it when plugged or turned on, (like a fan or motor? the outlet trips and doesn’t stay on long enough to freeze or keep items cold. appreciate any suggestions. thank you all. Mike H
You likely have a earth fault if the earth fault device is being tripped. Does the fridge have a butter keep in the door or other reason for wiring to go into the door? i have seen wiring in the hinge fail causing intermittent shorts to occur. The other possibility is a faulty capacitor on the compressor. With the fridge disconnected from the power measure the resistance between the earth pin and active and neutral wires. There should be an open circuit ( very high resistance). The best way to do this is with a Megger meter which will properly test the insulation/isolation between the earth and the active and neutral wires. http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?…
Replace the GFCI with a regular receptacle.
As an Electrician I urge people not to plug the refrigerator into a GFCI. Use a regular receptacle on a 20 amp breaker dedicated to the refrigerator. Compressor start voltage can trip GFCIs.
So I think this is the issue. It’s on a 10A GFCI breaker in the Garage. It was working fine with no issues for months until I may have gotten an outside outlet on the same circuit wet or just coincidence. Now it trips immediately, UNLESS I turn the Fridge setting to 0, and plug it in. It then doesn’t trip until I turn fridge setting up which I believes starts compressor. I wonder why this just started after working for months?
