** Both are mounted and connected in the upper control panel. **
There is an electronic control board on your model but
for the water filter indicator light. Maybe you're confusing it with an adaptive defrost control??
** The fridge is about 7 yrs old is that considered modern design? **
Its compressor could be. I can most easily tell by a description of the original compressor relay but since it is no longer present...
** repairman that came out to fix the fridge a year or so ago replaced the relay with the 3 in 1. **
Ok. And it has failed again.
Those 3 in 1 relays should only be used as a last ditch effort to keep a failed appliance out of the land fill. Most other times the factory specified parts should be used whenever possible. I would suggest you try the recommended replacement relay because you really don't want to take a chance of damaging the compressor. It would also likely be nice for it to function without needing repairs for more than a year?
LINK >
Kenmore 106.59599992 Replacement Relay/Overload Protector
JMO
Dan O.
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