LG LRDC20731ST, Service Manual

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6-5 REFRIGERATION CYCLE
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Troubleshooting Chart
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Leakage Detection
YES
YES
Check if compressor
runs.
Check if frost
forms in
Evaporator.
Observe the discharged
amount of Refrigerant.
Inject refrigerant in compressor
and check cooling operation.
Clogged by dust. Gas leakage.
Faulty
Compressor.
Moisture Clog
Check if oil
leaks.
Frost formed normally
Normal amount
None or too much
(Find the leak and repair it)
Frost formed normally
No frost
or frost forms
in inlet only
Check Compressor
PARTIAL Freezer Low flowing sound of A little higher • Refrigerant level is low due
LEAKAGE compartment and Refrigerant is heard and than ambient • to a leak.
Refrigerator don't frost forms in inlet only. temperature. • Normal cooling is possible by
cool normally. • restoring the normal amount of
• refrigerant and repairing the leak.
COMPLETE Freezer Flowing sound of refrigerant Equal to ambient • No discharging of Refrigerant.
LEAKAGE compartment and is not heard and frost isn't temperature. • Normal cooling is possible by
Refrigerator don't formed. • restoring the normal amount of
cool normally. • refrigerant and repairing the leak.
PARTIAL Freezer Flowing sound of refrigerant A little higher • Normal discharging of the
CLOG compartment and is heard and frost forms than ambient • refrigerant.
Refrigerator don't in inlet only. temperature. • The capillary tube is faulty.
cool normally.
WHOLE Freezer Flowing sound of refrigerant Equal to ambient • Normal discharging of the
CLOG compartment and is not heard and frost isn't temperature. • Refrigerant.
Refrigerator don't cool. formed.
MOISTURE Cooling operation Flowing sound of refrigerant Lower than • Cooling operation restarts
CLOG stops periodically. is not heard and frost melts. ambient • when heating the inlet of the
temperature. • capillary tube.
COMP- Freezer and Low flowing sound of A little higher • Low pressure at high side
RESSION Refrigerator refrigerant is heard and ambient • of compressor due to low
don't cool. frost forms in inlet only. temperature. • refrigerant level.
NO COMP- No compressing Flowing sound of refrigerant Equal to ambient • No pressure in the high
RESSION operation. is not heard and there is temperature. • pressure part of the
no frost. • compressor.
CAUSE
TEMPERATURE
OF THE
COMPRESSOR
REMARKS
STATE OF
THE UNIT
STATE OF THE
EVAPORATOR
LEAKAGE
CLOGGED
BY
DUST
DEFECTIVE
COMPRESSION
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Observe the discharging point of the refrigerant, which may be in the oil discharging part of the compressor and in a hole
in the evaporator.