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Compressor Relay Blues
« on: April 01, 2011, 01:22:21 PM »
My friend Larry brought a GE BSY25GFMDWW side by side over here. He has connected a 3N1 Hardstart to the compressor. Did he screw that compressor up? There is a motherboard on the backside of this puppy. I am wondering if this is one of them variable speed compressors.
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Re: Compressor Relay Blues
« Reply #1 on: April 01, 2011, 02:00:30 PM »
Their are 3 wires that connect to the relay. Orange, White and Black. All I can get is 12.5 volts out of any 2 of the 3 wires so that explains why the hard start does not work. The compressor is a 115v single phaze model, so does that mean the board is shot?
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Re: Compressor Relay Blues
« Reply #2 on: April 01, 2011, 06:58:17 PM »
Quote from: JWWebster on April 01, 2011, 02:00:30 PM
... so does that mean the board is shot?
yes, chances are ...
If the Board is bad, it won't send any (enough) voltage to the Compressor.
Standard Compressor, "Encoder (Cold) Controls"
similar to GE 31-9071
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Re: Compressor Relay Blues
« Reply #3 on: April 02, 2011, 10:15:52 AM »
Thanks Reg. Larry is on hi way over here. He has another board out of an older box. I will check the numbers on each board before installing.
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Re: Compressor Relay Blues
« Reply #4 on: April 02, 2011, 01:46:59 PM »
GE's newer universal board WR55X10552 replaces some older part numbers,
but there's installation instructions (modifications may be needed):

WR55X10552 Main Board Installation
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Re: Compressor Relay Blues
« Reply #5 on: April 04, 2011, 06:40:16 PM »
Today Larry brought over a board off of another ice box not the exact same board but it had all of the connections plus an extra one. The compressor would not fire off on this one either. Nothing going to the compressor relay in the way of power. I got to lookin at the old board and it looks to me like it needs a tad of solder on one of the connections to a relay.  Dang old cheap camera batterys have run down. Gonna try and clean up the board a little and re-solder that connection tomorrow.
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Re: Compressor Relay Blues
« Reply #6 on: April 05, 2011, 02:31:51 PM »
Success!!! O0

We soldiered the loose connection on the main relay. Click on pictures to enlarge:
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Re: Compressor Relay Blues
« Reply #7 on: April 05, 2011, 02:34:00 PM »
More from the swamp:
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Re: Compressor Relay Blues
« Reply #8 on: April 05, 2011, 03:22:23 PM »
 O0

Hi Larry!  :wave:
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Re: Compressor Relay Blues
« Reply #9 on: April 05, 2011, 06:13:48 PM »
Larry's appliance service of Prichard,Ala  251-422-2827.
I will tell him you said hi. So far that bad baby is workin like a charm!
Tomorrow I have a big old AC with bad mexitronics I shall convert over.
Got it straight wired right now and it run cold and quiet. Gonna dig through my ac junk, find a window unit cold control, and wire her up.
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Re: Compressor Relay Blues
« Reply #10 on: April 05, 2011, 10:15:09 PM »
Great job on that board JW.
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Re: Compressor Relay Blues
« Reply #11 on: April 05, 2011, 10:36:48 PM »
Thanks I got the ice box out there running all night tonight and gonna take a photo of the evaporator in the am. Gonna post that too.
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