Hey /r/homebrewing!
I was able to pickup an Edgestar BR2000SS from Goodwill of all places. It was up for one of their Saturday auctions and ended up getting it for $60. The folks at Goodwill said it was in working order before bidding. Of course when I got it home, I found that it doesn't get cold. At all. So after some testing, here's what I've found:
- The interior does not cool off, even when left plugged in for ~5 hours.
- The compressor got to ~135 degrees F.
- The compressor seems to be good, because I've tested it with a multimeter. Pulled off the relay and checked the common, run, and start terminals. The continuity values of common+run and common+start add up to the value of run+start. There are no shorts. Based off of what I've read online, this indicates a good compressor.
- Pulled the relay off and shook it, but didn't hear anything sharking around. Not sure if this type of relay does that though.
- There are no clicking noises coming from it.
- Used an Inkbird 308 to see if I could bypass the internal thermostat, but this didn't make a difference. Though I doubt I actually bypassed the thermostat, since I didn't wire anything.
I'm seriously hoping it's not something freon related, but feel like it might be. For what I spent on it, I'm not opposed to have a tech take a look at it and fixing it, so long as it's not like a $250 repair.
Given the above, does anyone have any suggestions? I've put my brewing on hold trying to get this fixed, because I've picked up a keg too. So I was hoping to get this fridge sorted out before brewing my next batch.
Really appreciate any advice!
Edit: May have just found an answer, because their symptoms are exactly like mine. Dammit.
Submitted July 05, 2017 at 10:31AM by josh_the_nerd_ http://ift.tt/2unV4t8 Homebrewing
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