my sister bought a home a couple of years ago that has an LG refig . last week it it stopped cooling. i went to check it out and told them its probably the compressor. according to the serial number its a 2018 model. They were about to just buy a new one when with a little digging we found out that LG had extended the warranty.
So yesterday morning she got on the chat with LG . they asked her a few questions and without much fuss told her they would send a tech out today. the tech came and i went over to watch. it as pretty much how its done on you tube vids, but instead of brazing he use some kind of crimp connection i have never seen before. he said they use this as the new refrig use butane as its coolant and boom boom is no beuno.
after crimping all the connection he did a leak test and then pulled a vacuum . he then recharged from a pre measured tube. no need to weigh or lug around a tank . he was in and out in about an hour.
i always thought about tackling a job like this, but i hate brazing or soldering , but with those connections no flame needed. the rest was pretty much like doing a car .
i must give kudos to LG for how they handled this.
So yesterday morning she got on the chat with LG . they asked her a few questions and without much fuss told her they would send a tech out today. the tech came and i went over to watch. it as pretty much how its done on you tube vids, but instead of brazing he use some kind of crimp connection i have never seen before. he said they use this as the new refrig use butane as its coolant and boom boom is no beuno.
after crimping all the connection he did a leak test and then pulled a vacuum . he then recharged from a pre measured tube. no need to weigh or lug around a tank . he was in and out in about an hour.
i always thought about tackling a job like this, but i hate brazing or soldering , but with those connections no flame needed. the rest was pretty much like doing a car .
i must give kudos to LG for how they handled this.