$30 Lesson A Bit Long

guido · Nov 22, 2014

Hello,

Refrigerator freezer froze up. I opened it and pressed the door switch, fan was not running.
I checked for voltage going into the fan and I got no reading. HA! HA! I need a fan?
Put in a new fan NOT THE PROBLEM!!!!. This Samsung unit has a 2 minutes delay after you shut the door before the fan starts running@#$%^&* New one on me, AND the fan is 12VDC, another new one on me! Had the meter set on A.C. No wonder I got zero reading. So fans can be a/c or d/c%$$#@#%. By the way a new evaporator heater fix the problem for now,

Guido.

retired farmer · Nov 22, 2014

You know what they say- Live and Learn.

davyfireball · Nov 22, 2014

My wife came in and told me the George Forman grill quit. So I took it apart.I put the meter on the therm never got any continuity. So I threw it out the door when I threw it it broke. The next morning I wanted toast the darn thing wouldn't work. The ground fault kicked out. There wasn't anything wrong with the grill. Granddaughter turned the dial on the meter!

JML755 · Nov 22, 2014

You didn't check the outlet for 120 vac first? :roll:

You never got continuity so you THREW the meter? :roll:

Or did you THROW the grill and IT broke?

Without checking the meter settings? :roll:

What made you think it would make toast the next morning if a) you tore it all apart and troubleshot it the previous night using a busted meter without fixing it or b) you threw it and it broke? :roll:

Pardon the skepticism but this entire post makes no sense.

davyfireball · Nov 22, 2014

My wife said the grill quit. I got the meter out.my granddaughter was beside me.I set the meter for continuity. Granddaughter turned dial. I didn't know it. I wasn't getting a reading on the meter. So I threw the grill out the door. Then the next morning I wanted toast.The toaster used the same GFI and it didn't work.Then I saw the GFI kicked out. Yes I should have checked the GFI.

JML755 · Nov 22, 2014

(quoted from post at 19:43:53 11/22/14) My wife said the grill quit. I got the meter out.my granddaughter was beside me.I set the meter for continuity. Granddaughter turned dial. I didn't know it. I wasn't getting a reading on the meter. So I threw the grill out the door. Then the next morning I wanted toast.The toaster used the same GFI and it didn't work.Then I saw the GFI kicked out. Yes I should have checked the GFI.

Ah, that makes sense now. Sorry to bust your chops, just couldn't understand your first post.

Bret4207 · Nov 23, 2014

(quoted from post at 20:43:53 11/22/14) My wife said the grill quit. I got the meter out.my granddaughter was beside me.I set the meter for continuity. Granddaughter turned dial. I didn't know it. I wasn't getting a reading on the meter. So I threw the grill out the door. Then the next morning I wanted toast.The toaster used the same GFI and it didn't work.Then I saw the GFI kicked out. Yes I should have checked the GFI.

Don't feel like the Lone Ranger. Mr. Small Engine Guy (me) took a carb all apart to find out what was wrong and THEN I checked the gas.............

It happens. Seems to happen more when I'm in a hurry.

circus · Nov 23, 2014

My car trunk is full of lessons. Replaced parts that didn't fix it. At least, next time, I can diagnose simply by swapping out parts. Grrr

guido · Nov 23, 2014

Hello Bret4207,

Just because you were in a hurry is no excuse YEA! it happened to me, but I was in a hurry HA! HA!............,

Guido.

$30 Lesson A Bit Long

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