Yet, now, home appliances are throw aways ? When this fridge was purchased, I selected the model on the floor that was made in Korea (not Mexico) for the higher grade of assemly. Their factories knew about Halogen Free for our products for Foxconn / HP when rest of the industry was scratching their heads on the topic. We have sourced hundreds of thousands of PCBs from South Korea and quality was excellent. I am ok with the $259 labor fee even though that is a compromise but they are stating it could be 3 weeks+ to receive the service. According to a local tech, he said the warranty is a scam and the latest is '20 year warranty' - the vendor has no intention of covering it for free - the parts are 'free' but the official labor is NOT. I am on the hunt for more reliable fridges but covid and semi shortages are not helping. In short, are there other fans inside this box ? It could be as simple as the nylon fan blades? Yet I can feel some air flowing through the freezer and fridge cabin. Q: Does the linear compressor have a fan that could cause this noise I am hearing ? I am suspecting the evaporator fan but need to dismantle the freezer this weekend to confirm. Lost all the food and wife is screaming (more than usual). Much like power cycling but halting due to the fan screech which repeats and causes the shutdown again. Then the cycle repeats after about 10 mins. Then total silence and no more sounds from the compressor but condensor fan continues to run normall along with the internal fan. This means excessive current draw - no kidding as some blades were rubbing. After a while of running - hear a loud fan screeching sound and then 6 LED blinks on the controller board. Semi cool air flowing in the freezer & fridge section. Hear the normal sounds from the compressor. On my fridge, the unit powers up (lmx28988ST) - can hear the condensor fan with nylon white blades - runs fine. Measured across the 2 wire molex connectors - was unable to remove the compressor so checked the 2 wires instead. The resistance on the linear compressor is 7.6 ohms which is text book perfect. On this note, on the hunt to determine if the compressor is truly at fault. Seriously ? Otherwise they have a fixed fix plan $259 (CAD) for my aged fridge which is mint otherwise. The official tech is available on a shorter notice but will be about $680 (CAD) + tax for the service. Appliances are next ? The LG phone support said that I have had it for 7 years so I need to pay for the labour - only their official techs can do the installation for the 'free' replacement of the compressor (10 year warranty on the linear compressor). Losing faith in car mechanics and HVAC techs. He acted dazed when I told him I fixed it. Simple fix yet the AC tech phoned up to pitch a $3.5k used house system. Found out after much searches that it was the AC starting capacitor. Personally am not comfortable with compressor replacement nor the refrigerant filling - guess our A/C guy is but he wanted me to junk our house A/C as defective. Did see the class action lawsuits but not sure if they are valid in Canada.
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