Amana refrig only 4 yrs old and the compressor is slowly dying. Theoverload/relay is buzzing every 10 min and the temp is slowly risinginside. I replaced the overload/relay and this didn't help matters atall. It's still under warranty for the compressor.I called one very good repair company here in Seattle and he said hedidn't do any warranty work. He recommended buying a new refrig. Ihesistate to call Sears or A&E Factory Service based on the reviewsI've read online. I have a call into the place I bought it from but Idoubt they can do much.Opinions? The ice cream is melting! Any good repair service here inthe South End of King County?JaKe

I'd suggest to call Amana. Worth a chance, that you might get a complimentary repair out of them. If someone other than Amana warranty changed the relay, you've just lost your warranty.There are hard start kids (I know, I install enough of them) for when a standard relay won't work. Maybe you can find a small town repair shop that does Supco hard start kits. I'd offer to come out, but I'm in Ontario County, and not sure where King County is. How far is that from Ontario County?

Frig repair or buy a new one?

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Ed Pawlowski 16 years ago

Sears is a big outfit with lots of service centers. Like any large outfit, some are good, some not so good. I guess you have one of the better ones. Same with installers at HD and Lowes or any other chain store.

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trader4 16 years ago

I went to the DOE Energy Star website and did the same thing with my

24 year old unit before I replaced it. The calculator on the website came up with a high number, think it was like $320 a year to operate. I measured it with a Killawatt meter for several days and it was actually running at $180 a year. The new one is running at $95 which is close to the label number.

So, treat those DOE generated numbers with caution. I think they are probably deliberately skewed to absolute worst case and may assume the door seals are shot and leaking, etc.

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