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Originally Posted by Mike40
It does not sound like the condensor is running.
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The "condenser" is the hot part of the refrigeration system and is just a series of tubing. The "compressor" is the heart of the refrigeration and if is wasn't running, your fridge would not cool at all.
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he clunking I referred to is not continuous but occasional and sounds like it is coming from inside the freezer
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might be possible that frost has built up on the evaporator (cooling) coil to the point where the fan blade is hitting it. That however would more often result in a rhythmic ticking sound.
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It sounds like ice cracking.
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The only thing I can think of that might create such a sound is maybe when the fridge went into a defrost cycle (see the following link - and was also described at the previous link I supplied) but at which time both the compressor and all fan motors would stop running.
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How does a frost free refrigerator's defrost system work?
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i have never heard it not running over the past month.
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That doesn't necessarily mean it is always running. How long *in a row* was it watched for or were the observations just made when you happend to be passing by it? It could just be coincidence.
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Last night I turned the freezer off for a few seconds so the fan would go off
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It is not a good idea to turn off a fridge then right back on again. The refrigerant gases need at least a couple of minutes to equalize or it will put too much strain on the compressor and likely not allow it to start.
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the fan went on within 1-2 minutes after I turned it back on.
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The interior "fan" should come on almost immediately as long as the fridge should be cooling. It is the compressor which would likely take several minutes to start back up again.
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Dan O.
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