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[Revit7]

Hey thanks for the tips. the fridge is now working. The copper line coming out of the compressor is warm, but not real warm or hot. The outside of compressor tank feels much warmer. The coils are dusty but not caked.

[Goodappliance1]

Also Revit7, before you replace your relay make sure you clean your condenser coils thoroughly. If the coils are very dirty and could have blocked air flow that could have caused your problem. After you replace your relay feel the smaller copper / or steel line coming out of the compressor, after the refrigerator runs for about 10 minutes for good heat output. If the line gets very warm the freon level is good if its cool the freon is low and this could have caused your problem.

[Goodappliance1]

If you have never had it worked on and that is the way it is wired, then i would say not to mess with the original design. As long as your refrigerator's main plug is properly grounded then you'll be okay.

[Revit7]

I am replacing my relay, I could tell it was fried. I noticed there was not a ground wire coming off my compressor, its the same one in your video that you can see above the 3 prongs @:48 . Is that normal. It has never been worked on before, 8 year old jenn-air

[Goodappliance1]

Responding to RJC6490: The terminal out of the 3 that stands alone is always the black wire (common). The 2 that sit side by side if below the common terminal the right is red. If they are above the common the left is red. Once in a blue moon a refrigerator will have the condenser fan wires that tie in with the the power leads you will have to reverse the white and red from what is stated above. No big deal if you get it wrong the compressor won't sound right switch the red and white wires.

[Goodappliance1]

If your asking in reference to scratching the paint off and testing for continuity from each of the terminals then yes.  It should have no continuity from the terminals to the casing. That test tells you that the compressor is shorted out inside and needs replaced.

[nico27004]

so why if you get continuity is it a bad compressor? should it not have any resistance? my compressor went out and isn't working anymore.

[RJC6490]

The host knows what he is doing but the camera man does not ... I would like to have seen how that sort of 'starter relay' was attached to the compressor ...