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Post by dbernier1974 on Aug 22, 2021 1:50:00 GMT
Hello I was recently given a 38 or 39 Hotpoint refrigerator. It rode on a trailer to my house and laid on its side over night, so I sat it upright for a day before trying to use. First time I tried it, relay got hot, and condenser fan was frozen up and wouldn’t turn. Original was a 3 wire, replaced with a two wire. Then changed the relay to a 3 n 1 hard start. If I run power directly to fan and compressor thru the relay, the compressor and fan run but compressor does not get cold and in fact the tank on the bottom just gets hot. If I wire according to directions I received the light in the fridge works but the fan and compressor will not turn on. Ive replaced all the original wiring except for the compressor. This fridge is a sentimental item to me so I’m really hoping it’s something simple. Any help would be appreciated thanks!
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Post by cablehack on Aug 22, 2021 7:23:36 GMT
Being a Hotpoint, it sounds like it's a rebadge of a GE Flatop, possibly a CE or CH. What is printed on the compressor label?
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Post by turbokinetic on Aug 22, 2021 10:51:02 GMT
Hello I was recently given a 38 or 39 Hotpoint refrigerator. It rode on a trailer to my house and laid on its side over night, so I sat it upright for a day before trying to use. First time I tried it, relay got hot, and condenser fan was frozen up and wouldn’t turn. Original was a 3 wire, replaced with a two wire. Then changed the relay to a 3 n 1 hard start. If I run power directly to fan and compressor thru the relay, the compressor and fan run but compressor does not get cold and in fact the tank on the bottom just gets hot. If I wire according to directions I received the light in the fridge works but the fan and compressor will not turn on. Ive replaced all the original wiring except for the compressor. This fridge is a sentimental item to me so I’m really hoping it’s something simple. Any help would be appreciated thanks! We would need to see pictures of the condensing unit / compressor. If it is a CF variant - those didn't use a condenser fan. So something unusual is going on there. |
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Post by ckfan on Aug 22, 2021 12:34:08 GMT
The Hotpoint fridges used a fan cooled condenser with a scotch yoke unit in this time period.
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Post by CCL2F2 on Aug 22, 2021 13:37:38 GMT
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Post by turbokinetic on Aug 22, 2021 13:39:38 GMT
Thanks for sharing my video! Yeah; that's about all that kills these compressors. |
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Post by jake on Aug 22, 2021 15:07:13 GMT
These did use a three wire fan motor. Black, white, and green wires. The green wire is not a ground wire! I believe the fan motor used a starting and running winding like the compressor. Not sure how to convert it to a new two wire fan motor.
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Post by turbokinetic on Aug 22, 2021 17:04:04 GMT
These did use a three wire fan motor. Black, white, and green wires. The green wire is not a ground wire! I believe the fan motor used a starting and running winding like the compressor. Not sure how to convert it to a new two wire fan motor. The three-wire fan required signals from the compressor start winding and run winding, and common. The two-wire fan simply connects to Common and Run circuits. |
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Post by coldspaces on Aug 23, 2021 4:00:37 GMT
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