compressor problem

[j carter]

went to service a refrigerator today thought it would be simple,but thats life.I could here the start relay 0pening and closing with the compressor making a hummmmm.and upon that i checked the compacitor for the rating of Uf which was correct,then voltage at relay which was correct also.then ohm out the compressor my reading are 7-5-3 from start to commond, run to command, start to run.the only thing i can think of that i did'nt check, was the amps and compare with name plate because compressor could be lock rotor depending on amp reading. and i did'nt check the compacitor under load, any information would be helpful.

[jacob perkins]

Try the Supco combination relay start capacitor?

[j carter]

my thoughts as well i will try a hard to start kit, and check everything once again.

[condenseddave]

I thought the command terminal and the start terminal were the same thing...

[jacob perkins]

I think he misspelt "common".That's ok.What I noticed was the start to run reading.It might also be a typo?

jc,you could also try to reverse the motor for a second..that will sometimes unlock the compressor.

[rayr]

Didn't do well spelling capacitor either.

[j carter]

thinks for all the information, please forgive me for mis-spelling words. i will be servicing this unit today the repair will be made, i'll keep you posted.

[j carter]

serviced unit today and the problem was the compressor it is lock rotor, the hard to start kit could not start it.so i replaced the compressor and everything is good.