A Hairy Situation
Pets may be the only real loves of our lives, but sometimes they can be a nuisance to our household appliances. Not that they intentionally try to break our appliances, but they inadvertently cause some mishaps. On a steamy day in July, your refrigerator might stop running or producing cool air. If you have little Fidos and Fluffys around the home, first check the coils before immediately calling for appliance repair Brooklyn NY.
About half of service repairs report a build of pet hair and dust as the problem. What/where are the coils? They are the black tube and wire grid that cools fluid in the compressor. Giant hairballs and dust will cause the compressor to overheat, which then triggers the overload switch. For most refrigerators you can find the coils by simply opening the grill at the bottom. Pick up a coil cleaning brush to get rid of all the hair and suck it up with the vacuum. You might have to wait a few hours for it to cool. The overload switch will reset itself and turn the refrigerator back on.
Not only will clean coils cool efficiently, they can save you money on your energy bill. It’s a happy ending for all and will save you Whirlpool appliance repair.
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