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Use this guide to test the linear compressor motor and its attached overload device for your LG refrigerator.
This guide will work for most LG refrigerators with linear compressors. This guide is written with an LG model LFX25973 refrigerator. If you have a different model, you may encounter some minor disassembly differences, but the overall repair process will be the same.
The compressor is the heart of your refrigerator, and if it fails or can't start, your refrigerator is useless. Without the compressor, the refrigerant can't circulate and can't function to cool the interior of the fridge.
Symptoms of such failure include no compressor sound from the fridge and increasing temperature inside the fridge. Sometimes, there may be repeated clicking noises coming from the lower part of the fridge.
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Unplug your refrigerator before you begin your repair.
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Condenser fan motor
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Compressor motor and thermal overload device
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Water supply valve assembly
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Use a Phillips screwdriver to remove the screws securing the condenser cover to the rear of the refrigerator.
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Tilt the top edge of the condenser cover toward you.
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Lift and remove the condenser cover.
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Squeeze and pull down the compressor connector to disconnect it.
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Use your multimeter to measure the resistance between the two pins on the connector.
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Use a Phillips screwdriver to remove the screw(s) securing the connector cover to the compressor.
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Slide the connector cover off of the compressor.
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Use a small flathead screwdriver to pry the power connector off of the compressor.
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Use your multimeter to check the resistance between the bottom and top left pins.
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To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.
Take your e-waste to an R2 or e-Stewards certified recycler.
Repair didn’t go as planned? Try some basic troubleshooting, or ask our Answers community for help.
To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.
Take your e-waste to an R2 or e-Stewards certified recycler.
Repair didn’t go as planned? Try some basic troubleshooting, or ask our Answers community for help.
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If the overload and the compressor tests are good. What next?
It depends on what you have already done. Did you test the compressor because it was refusing to run? Have you also checked the run capacitor? It is located near the control board. If it fails, the compressor will not run. To try to help more, I'd need to know more of what the problem is.