I proceeded to replace the condenser fan, and after plugging the refrigerator again, nothing is cooling at all. The freezer completely thawed, and the refrigerator is warming.

I noticed after all of this that the compressor was not kicking on at all. The compressor was hot to the touch. one tube was cold, the other hot. I checked the run capacitor and the compressor start relay. The relay on this one can't be checked with a multimeter because there's a circuit board. To me it looked like the flux on the board was brown, and maybe a bit singed? Not entirely sure, though.

The capacitor, however, gave no reading on the lowest Ohm setting on my multimeter (even after being sure to get rid of the charge). When I turned it up, I got a number that just climbed upwards forever. The number that I was expecting to get if it was good was 12.

Am I right in thinking that the capacitor is the most likely problem? I will replace the relay also, unless I'm wrong. Thanks for any help!

⟐ Commented November 02, 2023 at 21:23 MST