I tried running my fridge on a generator during the power outage. It is a large side by side 2 door fridge freezer.
LG GR-L247NIS
I thought it was working on the genny because I heard the compressor going on and off quite often.
But water started dripping out after 2 days and I realised it was trying to run but not succeeding.
The compressor would come on and run for 30 seconds and then stop with a loud click that it does not normally make.
No indication on the LCD panel that anything was wrong or any warning beeps like when you leave the door open. Only the odd length of the compressor cycle and the loud click to give any clue.
Normally on mains power the compressor would come on and stay on for a while and there would be no loud click when it switched off.
The power is back on now and I have tried running it on mains again; but running it for 48 hours on the genny seems to have damaged it, as it is now exhibiting the same symptoms when running on mains power:
The compressor comes on but stops after 30 seconds with a loud click and the fridge and freezer are not getting cold.
I was thinking maybe the capacitor has burned out from cycling so many times over 48 hours; but, if the capacitor was burned out then probably the compressor would not start at all rather than run for 30 seconds and then stop?
The other odd thing I noticed was that when the compressor ran for 30 seconds it was consuming 790w instead of the usual 420w. (I had measured it using a current meter out of curiosity before and then again during the outage)
User manual does not mention where the capacitors are but I think I found them in this exploded view technical manual:
https://spares.bigwarehouse.com.au/inde ... 4794_25547
Any thoughts on what might be the problem based on these symptoms?