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Took me 6 months to figure out I was killing compressor start relays
I kept replacing start relays on Whirlpool refrigerators only to have them fail again in a few weeks. Then I noticed I was using a cheap multimeter that read 0.2 ohms off on the low range. Has anyone else had a bad meter mess up their diagnostics on sealed systems?
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the_cameron1mo ago
Oh man, "cheap multimeter" is exactly what got me too. I had an old $20 one from a hardware store and it would drift all over the place when checking resistance. Swapped to a Fluke 101 and suddenly my relay checks were spot on. Never threw out the old meter though, I use it now for basic continuity checks only. Made a world of difference once I figured out the bad readings were the problem.
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