Saved a 2011 LG fridge from the landfill: $38 start relay and a $0 condenser cleaning
@applianceandy
Oct 14, 2026 · 1.3k views
Neighbor was about to pay $300 haul-away. Compressor clicking and not starting = classic relay. Replaced it, cleaned a solid mat of dog hair off the condenser, and it has been holding 37°F for three weeks. Posting the before/after temps because the compressor runtime dropped by half after the cleaning alone.
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Everyone: vacuum your condenser coils once a year. That is the whole post.
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Three hundred dollars to throw away a working fridge. The world is strange.
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