I just picked up a 3 year old Kenmore refrigerator/freezer for my shop. It was working fine where I got it. I had to drive it across town in my pick up. I was very careful not to lay it on its side. I did have to tilt it @45 degrees on the dolly a couple of times. It did sit out over night on the pick up and it got rained on with about 1-2? of water accumulating in the bed liner. I finally got it out of the bed the next morning and rolled it into position (a couple of dolly tilts this time too).I took the back panel off and checked the innards. I blew it out with compressed air and cleaned the coils.
I then plugged it in and checked it about an hour later. It is not cooling. All the lights, fans and water solenoids seem to be functioning. The compressor is warm, but the coils aren?t. I presume liquid Freon got to where there should have been gas.
So now I am wondering if I have burnt out the compressor or if there is something I am over looking. Is there some sort of breaker I am overlooking? The compressor says it is thermally protected.
So, does this guy go to the dump/recycler or is there something else I might do to make it work?
TIA
Jay Cups