Fix Refrigerator. Installing Universal Relay (3 in 1 Starter) on Compressor -Jonny DIY 

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Fantastic video. Everything I needed to repair my fridge. Mine also had a dead capacitor that the parts shop insisted couldn't be also dead, turns out the it was and got everything from the local shop for $50. Installed in 10 mins. Much better than blowing $2000 on a new fridge!

Just went out to my garage a lil bit ago, i was hit with burning plastic as i walked in. So i pulled the fridge out and bam i found the issue. Decided to watch a quick RU-vid vid and i found yours. Ran 3 miles down the road to the appliance repair shop and for $20 i am up and running 30 mins later! Thanks for the video!

Thank you so much. Sadly I got a degree in HVAC a couple of years ago and did refrigerators all the time but wanted a quick refresher and your video was very helpful it was exactly how I was going to do it but you did it in a very laid-back and easy spoken way. Great job.

The video I needed. Some other good videos around but they all had the prongs from the compressor upside down so wasn't sure where to stick the red and white wires till I saw this one. Now just got to figure out how to get the parts store open on Sunday's when you really need them.

This starter worked for me! I have an older Kenmore fridge. I had to order twice from Amazon as they sent me the wrong one without the capacitor connector but am now back in business. Thanks for the instructions.

I want to express my gratitude to Jonny DIY for his helpful video. It helped us fix the issue we encountered a few days ago by following all the steps he mentioned. Thank you so much!

Fixed my fridge in 5 minutes...my GE profile fridge (2016) started making the clicking noise and no cooling after losing power 3 times in one night during some recent severe thunderstorms here in KY...THANKS SO MUCH!

I don't know what people like me would do without people like you thank you so much I just spent money on another little mini fridge beautiful beautiful display and it won't start because of that part right there now I know what to do thank you again

Thanks brother, it worked like a charm. The only difference was my 3 prongs on the compressor were upside down, so the ground was on the top all by itself. Thanks again. Kc from St Pete. Florida

thank you jonny....your video was a great help...the universal relay instructions were not clear on where each wire was suppose to go...your video helped me a lot.... thanks again.

Great How To, Jonny! I had a similar issue in my fridge a few years ago. Saved me a ton of money! Keep up the great tutorials!

Did exactly the steps for my deep freezer and works like a champ

Very Concise.... 🤩 I Loved the Huge WARNING at the end... Make sure it's unplugged to avoid Electrocution... A Great Reminder... In the Beginning and End🥰 I Subscribed 🤠

Thank you bro

Rick - had a small Haier freezer that died, when plugged in the compressor would hum a bit and go out. I changed the starter with this 3 and 1 and fixed it right up! runs great

Excellent and direct instructions withoit a lot off the wall talking...thanks Jdyi

Some say that hard start kits can be detrimental to refrigerators because the forcefulness of the start can cause compressor parts to deteriorate faster. The large capacitance boost from the kit can also lead to compressor failure if the refrigerator runs for a long time without the motor-run capacitor. The high-boost over-capacitance starts can also repeatedly hammer the motor.

short and well explained. thanx bro!

My fridge quit working 3 years ago (was 14 years old at this point) and the repairman installed one of these. It worked for 3 years. When it quit I bought a new fridge as I thought the compressor was shot at this point. Did replace a capacitor in a dehumidifier this past year and got it working again.

Worked for my fridge! Thank you!!

If I know the company that made this 3 in 1 relay overload capacitor I will suggest that they make it as a plug and play so the issue of splicing wires will be eliminated,things work better.

Thanks 👍🏼 perfect it works... Saved me some money ..

Just looked on and completely amazed me that a part...much cheaper than the original is better made yet extreamely durable and much more affordable than the original part that came with the fridge. The starter relay is way over priced via parts cataloge but the universal relay.. I mean costs...👍👍👍 way cheaper just a minor mod with wires and placement of unit but does alot more and saves your fridge...Compressor from future failure. Awsome video guy, and Thank you for helping us all from throwinf away a practically new fridge and saving it & saving $,$$$.$$ !

Thank you SO much for this video. Just saved us a ton of money. You’re fantastic!

I will need to do this so this is very helpful. Liked and subscribed.

thanks a mill jony

Thank you for the video

fixed a chest freezer !!thank you

Thank you my man! Saved me from buying a fridge. What are the odds I have the exact same fridge as the one in your video?

Thank you. You do explain really good.

Thank you for the tutorial. Very easy to follow. Unfortunately I have ordered three times now From Amazon and I keep getting the same part without the capacitors leads. The picture on your link is also missing the leads. I went through some other suppliers that show the plastic leads in photo but still end up without. Very frustrating.

Thank

Great video Fixed my with this video Save a lot money

You don't need to plug in the old capacitor, there is one in the 3 in 1 unit. The original parts can last 20 or 30 years. In my experience, it is rare the 3in 1 lasts more than ten years. Keep a cheap thermometer in the fridge or freezer and check it often.

Good job brother

Great detailed video explaining everything you need to know. Can you use this as a permanent solution. Some video says its only a temporary fix the check out your compressor.

Worked great. Thanks for the vid

That’s fine just don’t need to install the capacitor, that’s why it’s 3,N 1

I fixed it and got sum from the Mrs. for saving us $$$. Great vid!

Thanks for the video. Quick question... I see you connected the 3in1 to the OEM capacitor. Other videos show the 3in1 directly connecting the 3 wires to the compressor and the 2 black to power. There is no mention of using the OEM capacitor. Is this typical to utilizing the OEM capacitor? I thought the 3in1 includes a built in cap to avoid using the OEM one. Thanks.

Great Video!, I see you have a EGX70-HLC I have a EGX90 should I use the same URC0140? or higher one?

This worked brilliantly...for 2 months. I can still hear the motor/fan running. Should I try another or does this have it's own meaning of what I should do next? Thanks for advice!!

The bottom terminal on the compressor is not the ground; it is the Run winding

Thanks Dude; that fixed it.

Thank you sir.

I did everything you did in the video but my compressor has ran hot Any advise for what went wrong ?

Thanks a million😀

Helped me out thx! Worked!

Are these kits a "Hard Start Assist" ?... Thinking of installing one to my fridge so my generator will start it. The constant rated watts of the generator would run the fridge but the start up kills it,... Would this kit help ?

Excellent video just saved me over $800.00 from buying a new freezer. Thanks.

Thank you, this video was very helpful and fixed my compressor problem ! .. for about a weeks time. I bought a 2nd capacitor, but now the compressor only clicks once when initially plugged in and no sort of effort to turn on. I used a volt meter to test the compressor and it seems to be reading fine. Any other suggestions?

Very interesting, but do you go about selecting the right part. There are quite a few of these each with different ratings. Thanks

I installed a 3 in on a under counter summit refrigerator today. It worked smoothly. Temp went down nice . However it's not cycling, compressor runs continuously for 40 minutes. So I unplugged. No what about the other wires that go to EVAP fan and thermostat?. I reconnect them the same as before. Plan on cleaning the condenser tomorrow.

I'm one of the few that this did not fix my compressor. The old components (starter and safety shut off) the compressor would kick on for 5 seconds and then click off. With the 3 in 1 it doesn't even start now.

thanks a lot! can this be permanent fix won't burn?

EXACTLY the video I needed! Thank you!

The two black wires are inputs to the 3 in 1. Does one black wire have connect specifically to ground and the other to power? if so how can you tell which one to connect to power? or are they interchangeable (either black wire can be power and the other can connect to ground? )

Great video! I have a spare fridge in the basement that went bad a few months ago. I baught the 3 in1 and it didnt work. I thought I'd give it another crack at fixing it. I noticed the one you have on the video has a connection port for the capacitor. Do I need to get that specific one? The one you have linked doesnt seem to have it. Thanks in advance!

Is this a temporary fix while get the OEM , or ot can be used long time? Thanks

Hey Jonny, I am looking to do this for my LG LRMDC2306S/00. Question: which size 3 in 1 is best - the RCO410 (1/4-1/3hp) or RCO210 (1/3-1/2hp)

i just watched your video and we bought the relay switch/the exact part # that was originally on our Kenmore frig but i am confused why everyone i see uses the start relay 3 in 1. is that better then using the actual parts it comes with? please help me understand.

Hello first off thank you for the very concise description of the problem, no other video has done that. I had the exact same condition, the fridge would try to start every 3 minutes and it would run for 8 or 9 seconds before it clicked again and went off. I had a repair person come in and change the starter to a universal one ( he said that is the problem and that the Kitchen Aid starter could not be found). That started the fridge up. It cooled at the beginning for about 2 hours, but then it stopped. It would run for long time, which we should have known is not a great sign. The repair man came back and said that the compressor motor has seized and won't run. Could this be because the compressor was running hot? also could you tell me if this is something that the repair person should have known to begin with? or was there no way for him to know that the compressor had an issue. I ended up paying for the service call and the labor for replacing the starter.

Would the starter kit damage the compressor if we cross red and white wire? Meaning, put the red wire on start and white on run

Do all refrigerators have overload relays? I have an LG 2020 model that only seems to have a wire harness (without overload cylinder shaped part) from PCB to the compressor. Fridge shows error 22 and PCB red light blinks thrice despite installing new PCB Thanks.

Hey man I’m confused. Where did you get the days chain wires the 3-1 doesn’t come like that does it?

So I watch one video showing the 3 pin triangle on the compressor.....they connect white to the lower left pin, red to the lower right pin, and black to the top pin. You connect all of them to different pins. Wonder who is right ?

I REPLACED overload and relay, the fridge still short cycles but cools. Would this capacitor stop the short cycle?

Hi could i know what is the vslue of the capacitor pls? I was told if i put a too big cap my start winding will burn out. Pls advice...

Just had a quick question. For my power my fridge has 2 white wires and 1 blue wire. How do I go about connecting those to the 2 black wires on the start relay?

how would i put a hard start on a frigidaire refrigerator ffet1022uv? this one looks alittle different from all the rest.

Question: Do you leave the hard start kit in there? Is there any danger to catching fire?

If I want to remove the compressor for scrap can I just cut the copper with a plier or will it explode? Or do I need a to make a small hole to release pressure 1st ?

I wish you didn’t skip a step when you pulled the relays off of the compressor/capacitor or whatever you wanna call it. Great video though it helped out a lot

Wierd how the 3 in 1 start relay i purchased doesn't have connectors for the capacitor... i thought thats what the 3 in 1 was designed for?

Hi I have whirlpool frss2vaf20 will this work in that I am in the UK? Just my compressor is not kicking in. I've tried to change just the capacitor but still won't work so was thinking of trying one of these but in the UK we are 240v

Hey Jonny, just saw your video and trying to put one on my haier deep freezer. It's the two black wires I'm have trouble with. Tour original relay wires are red and black. I have different colors, what color do I hook them too I have green, blue, green and white wires?

The relay link posted is Supco RCO410 Start Kit. It doesn't have the connector on the red and white lines as the one you used in the video. The correct one should be "Supco URCO410-0 Pre-wired Capacitor", which is what you used. Now, I have to return the wrong one.

Doesn't the 3 in one have a capacitor built in?

Jonny, I bought a Supco 3-1 part. I connected it but it didn't work. My question is this...should I buy a 3-1 with connectors for capacitor?

Hi, is this item works on any fridge? I have 240v fridge so is this compatible? Thanks and nice video

Hi Johnny i bought the 3 in 1 starter kit. Do you still need to connect to old run capacitor to it? My fridge had one but my 3 in 1 relay didnt have the extra clips for it. I just didnt use them and when i connected it my compressor turned on but its been two hours and its not getting cold. Its been off for 2 days btw.

Hi Johnny, will this lower the start up watts of the fridge? i.e. if you are running house with a generator during a power outage the fridge draws about 1800 watts to start up ...but only 200-400 watts once running...I am trying to lower the amp usage on any appliance I can so I can run more lights/appliances without overloading the generator....thanks

Hey thanks, you should probably warn people not to touch the capacitor. Some of those are lethal.

hi what's the hp rating of the compressor in this fridge? I'm wondering if you know where I can find a 1hp version of this 3in1 start kit

👉‼️ Jonny👈‼️ Hi. Nice vid. I have a sort of a (mini big) Refrig . It cools …. sort of … use to freeze things, it worked so well. Now have to put drinks in the freezer to get the right cold, I use to get in the Refrig. IF a Refrig still cools somewhat and fans work. Could the issue still be the relay ? I want this to be the issue so badly, as I think after watching ur vid and many others on changing out this part …. I cod do it myself. But I don’t get if a Refrig still has SOME cooling power how replacing the the relay cod make it cool more. Would you mind giving me your advice and or suggestions because this would b most appreciated❓🙏

So did replace the relay with another same model one and it got blow ( did it twice by the way) , but after i watched your video i order the 3-1 start kit i just installed it mow i hear the compressor keep clicking trying to work every 1 min but it wont , what you think the issue is , is it bad compressor or should i try different starter kit ?

why did you want to keep the old capacitor? What if the old capacitor is bad

So we're trying to follow the video and links - the link for the start up kit, does not look like the part you're using. We see that the red & white wires has two ends on your video, one pair that goes to the capacitor and the other pair plus the black wire that goes to the compressor. Can you post the link to the part that you actually used on this video?

Just install this on a chest freezer. Started up and seems to be getting cold. Only issue is the side of the freezer is getting hot. Much hotter than my other chest freezer at home. Is this normal or should I keep my eye on it? Don't want it to catch on fire...

I need a JPQII 4.7 2 pin but can't find the part. Do you know if I can replace it with a 3 pin and just use 2?

Hey Jonny - I have a Samsung fridge and I'm trying to install the 3n1 (I have all the prongs properly connected) but there are three cables going into my original relay, and I'm not sure how to connect it to the 3n1. The wires are black, purple, and blue if that helps. Thanks so much for your video!

So i understand that the 2 black(power supply) wires get hooked up to the wire harness that i pulled out from my bad relay. Correct? But you only show 2 wires, 1 white and 1 red! But I have 4.... 2 red 2 white. Do I hook up all of them so each wire nut holds 3 wires?

what did you do with the common wire you unplugged from the compressor? Leave it hanging loose?

If the capacitor is 12 but I'm only reading six will it still work with this three in one

Is there a difference on RCO410 and RCO810?

I have a mini fridge that stopped working so i obught a hard start ,,put wires on as directions say but when i plugeed it in unit sparked a little and quit,,,question is there are two black wires coming out of hardstart,,power cord from fridge has 3 wires,,a white ,,red and a green one,,,does it matter which black wire goes where,,,HELPO

Can you explain why the capacitor gets hot? Thank you

The photo on the amazon link in the description doesn't show the plugs on that connect to the capacitor. Does it come with the plugs and just doesn't show it in the photo?

Does anybody know why they don't last? I have to keep buying another one every 3 years