Blew a compressor on a 10 year old fridge in a rental unit near Dallas

Just got back from a job in Plano where the tenant said the fridge was freezing everything solid. I found the thermistor reading 12k ohms at room temp when it should have been around 8k... that's a 30% drift. Do y'all replace the thermistor first or just go straight for the control board on these older models?

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tessap9714d ago

Hell yeah, thermistor first every time.

ben_fisher14d agoOG Member

Wait, do thermistors actually drift that much over a decade or is it more about thermal cycling and physical stress?

white.keith14d ago

Ah man, that's a rough break (literally) on a 10-year-old unit.