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A fridge is now one of the essential electronic appliances in any household. It is serving its purpose of providing chilled food for ages now. A decent fridge can work effortlessly for more than 20 years. But sometimes users find that it is tripping other electrical appliances. This is a sign that something is wrong in the system. Though everything looks perfect from outside, there can be a problem from inside. Here is some information for you. You will get to know when or why your fridge trips the circuit breaker. So let’s start.
What Can Be The Possible Reasons Behind It?
Here are some most common reasons because of which your fridge can trip off the electric.
- Faulty Compressor: This can cause earth leakage and cause your fridge to trip with the compressor faulty. There is an issue with the compressor or not.
- Problem with my ice maker: Your ice maker has a heater built in this is there to disconnect the ice from the mould, without the heater the ice will stick to the mould, sometimes the heater will go faulty and can course your electrics to trip.
- An issue in the fan of your fridge: There is a fan in every regular No-Frost fridge. The main working of the fan is to distribute the cold air throughout the fridge evenly. This can become faulty and cause earth leakage and cause your fridge to trip.
- Defrost heater malfunction: The defrost heater is also a common part of every No-Frost fridge. Its work is to defrost the fridge and prevent ice formation inside the food in the freezer. This is also a typical case as it can become faulty and cause earth leakage and make your fridge to trip.
- How to Find the Issues Yourself and Save Money: No Need to Pay for an Electrician: Your initial reaction to this problem will be to call an electrician. But, the truth is, you can do that easily at your home. You don’t need the help of an electrician, and it will help you to save a lot of money for you. So, here is what you need to do.
- First thing you need to do is let the main circuit board trip the electrics.
- Then completely unplug your fridge freezer.
- After that switch back on the main circuit board and wait.
- If it does not trip after 5 to 10 mins, it will be your fridge, but it could take up to 6 to 8hrs as this is the normal defrost cycle time for a fridge freezer.
- This will be approximately 95% of the time.
- If it still trips after you unplug your fridge freezer you need to do the same process one after the other.
- Start with washing machine and then your dishwasher as these have heating elements in them.
Finally, your fridge may not be the sole reasons why you are facing the tripping problem. Please don’t panic, stay calm and follow what we have instructed you above. It will help you to figure out the problem quite quickly and also save you quite a few £’s by not asking for help from an electrician. By using this technique, you can surely figure out the real trouble making part and fix it.
Disclaimer: Please note do not attempt to replace any parts yourself. Unless you are qualified to do so this will be done at your own risk, other components could be damaged or you could get an electric shock.
