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My own fridge taught me a lesson about condensers
Last weekend my Whirlpool fridge started running non-stop and not cooling. I was about to call a part supplier when I pulled the kickplate off and saw the condenser coils caked with 4 years of dog hair and dust. I vacuumed them out with a brush attachment and it dropped the run time by at least 15 minutes per cycle. Has anyone else had a unit that just needed a good cleaning before you started swapping parts?
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evanpalmer3d agoMost Upvoted
@kevin_sullivan is spot on. Last year my neighbor's fridge sounded like a jet engine until I spent ten minutes with a vacuum on those coils, and it quieted right down. It's wild how much gunk piles up in there, especially if you've got pets shedding everywhere.
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