Hotpoint FFA52 Fridge/Freeze Blowing Fuses

[Homerr]

evening all

My fridge appears to be stuffed. It's blowing fuses the second I put them in, can't hear the compressor attempt to run.

Anybody have experience with this model and what I can try to do, to troubleshoot it with a multi meter? I suspect compressor but I'm hoping not

Cheers in advance

 

[jj4091]

Resistance check the compressor across the connections & to earth, suppressor might be the problem so measure that as well & try bypassing it.

 

[Homerr]

Thanks mate. What kind of resistance should be on the suppressor?

Wondering if there could be any other faults blowing the fuse like that... something must have shorted somewhere

 

[rocks1]

Try changing the plug. Done a few cos the molded plug has had a few problems.

 

[jj4091]

Rock's sounds like a good idea. I don't know what value you would get as you are measuring across a capacitor, as long as it is not a short it should be ok. You would need to do it with the wires disconnected because if it is a short in the plug it will show up as you are checking the suppressor. The other thing I thought you should check would be if the recirculating fan has seized up if there is one in the bottom of the appliance