Whirlpool Refrigerator Fan Motor Problem

Hi,

I have a Whirlpool "top/bottom" refrigerator which is less than two
years old. The fan motor's perm. magnet rotor, which is of a power iron type
of composition, had a piece break off and fragmented. The fragments "jammed"
the motor. I used a shop vac to suck the pieces from the rotor and stator
assembly. Afterwards, the motor ran. I installed the motor, but I ordered
a new motor. I hope that the new motor will be a better quality, made in
America motor. Note: This fan is located in the back of the freezer
compartment.

If you have a Whirlpool "fridge", when your fridge is "running", make
sure the fan is also running. My fridge compartment temp rose to around 54
degrees due to the fan not running. I had to throw out a lot of food.

John

 

Hi,

Correction:

"power" is suppose to be "powder" ("powder iron type").

John


On Wed, 01 Sep 2010 08:03:03 -0400, in sci.electronics.repair you wrote:

Hi,

I have a Whirlpool "top/bottom" refrigerator which is less than two
years old. The fan motor's perm. magnet rotor, which is of a power iron type
of composition, had a piece break off and fragmented. The fragments "jammed"
the motor. I used a shop vac to suck the pieces from the rotor and stator
assembly. Afterwards, the motor ran. I installed the motor, but I ordered
a new motor. I hope that the new motor will be a better quality, made in
America motor. Note: This fan is located in the back of the freezer
compartment.

If you have a Whirlpool "fridge", when your fridge is "running", make
sure the fan is also running. My fridge compartment temp rose to around 54
degrees due to the fan not running. I had to throw out a lot of food.

John

 

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On Wed, 01 Sep 2010 08:03:03 -0400, jaugustine wrote:

Hi,

I have a Whirlpool "top/bottom" refrigerator which is less than
two
years old. The fan motor's perm. magnet rotor, which is of a power iron
type of composition, had a piece break off and fragmented. The
fragments "jammed" the motor. I used a shop vac to suck the pieces from
the rotor and stator assembly. Afterwards, the motor ran. I installed
the motor, but I ordered a new motor. I hope that the new motor will be
a better quality, made in America motor. Note: This fan is located in
the back of the freezer compartment.

If you have a Whirlpool "fridge", when your fridge is "running",
make
sure the fan is also running. My fridge compartment temp rose to
around 54 degrees due to the fan not running. I had to throw out a lot
of food.

John

I have an Estate made by Whirlpool. Bought it back in 2003, no problems
so far.



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