This happened to us with an LG 8 years old. Problem is the actual refrigerator is set up nice, rollers on trays doors open nice shelves all adjust up and down to whatever height. Yes was warrantied from LG, finally found guy in Bennington, Vermont who would come over and diagnose. After 2 weeks and bought a new Whirlpool side by side just to get by $2000 with $350 in lost food. LG out in garage for almost a year to prove itself. Then we brought it back in and have been using it ever since. The Whirlpool side by side has issue with electric door from freezer/refrigerator wall that controls temperature in refrigerator side not working temperature fluctuating in the High 40s. Called Whirlpool they can't find repairman to do warranty work. Plus the interior of the Whirlpool sucks, can't adjust shelves, and sliders are friction style. And when this LG compressor dies there will be another one installed. The technician told me to try and find a refrigerator with the large cooling grate on the back said these were the most efficient and reliable. One more comment, I hear no one speak of Danfoss compressor? I have read where they are one of the best on market unless they were bought out. When the technician from Colorado brought out the temperature probe checking temperatures , did anyone else notice how high the temperatures were? As an aside after that experience losing that much meat I bought what I thought were temperature alarms for RVs. Still using them but they have no alarms. SensorPush Company is the brand of sensor you want, it attaches to your phone for real time temperature monitoring. But these are expensive. LG in kitchen small freezer in closet and Whirlpool and old top and bottom given to us from neighbors plus large chest style freezer also in garage. So 8 sensors at $75, control base at $99 so have to sneak up on that purchase.

you are right but this is not normal i wonder why we are at this point a fridge is old technologie we the stupid customer are paying for cheaper parts and bad engineering

Do you know if he was using MAPP gas to repair the compressor? Or was it acetylene gas?

Most repair companies I know (including mine) will not do this and will just replace the entire 1000$ board unfortunately. Most people with the drive and knowledge to troubleshoot transistors and diodes and shit are not in the repair sector.

yes stay away as far as you can from cheap LG products

the magnetic field is being created, it is normal - all induction cooktops make sound

@@natalijamoukminov9338 mine is a little louder than normal. What does that mean?

Yes, it should be the same

The solid Pink wire is positive and the the Gray wire with the Red strip is negative/common wire.

Other than the power IGBT's and the rectifier , how did you know to replace the other items assuming they visually checked fine? I have the 36", 5 burner model. I had the large middle and both RHS burners go out. Replaced the IGBT's and bridges in two of the 3 boards and got the unit running, but when placing a pot on the large middle burner it error's codes C81 on the large, and bottom RHS burners and F63 on the top RHS burner after 10 sec. The middle burner will provide heat before it errors things out. I can't locate what these error codes even mean. The two smaller burners are taken out when the error codes display. If I power the unit off at the stove and power back on everything is back to normal but then errors out every time using the large burner only. This one will be challenging to diagnose

Nice, mine is the same. I have already replaced about the same amount, and some are sooo tiny. Still looking for yet another one thats bad so my search continues...

Based on the video, they are using a relay driven by condenser fan output to turn the compressor on. The original variable voltage output is not used. Condenser fan output should be at constant voltage and on whenever compressor should be on, so perfect for operating a relay.

@@akomakomakomBro has the hack of the year , lol

@@akomakomakom Just had my 2nd linear compressor failure (in 7 years) and replaced. I wish this was an option for me. I guess I'll wait 3-4 years until this 3rd one fails and see if someone has a non-linear compressor retrofit option.

you should be a shame to work for such a bad company one thing for sure you will never run out of job

It is a heat shield. You can make one from copper pipe.

Did you get more info about the repair?

Wow, glad you all are safe! I wonder if the safety valve gets old and can have this issue? Very scary!

there is no transformer. Due to the sequential connection of the ignitor and valve, a significant portion of the voltage drops across the ignitor.

thanks. forgot this. in series potential gets divided over resistance

Lg compressors often fail due to poor software. If you do not upgrade the software, new compressors are likely to experience premature failures.

@@ApplianceRepairinColorado Thanks for your response, i appreciate it. But how can software cause mechanical failure? I assume that the coil of these linear motors are AC activated to make the inside piston move alternating within the magnetic field. I do understand that there are maximum frequencies and currents that may limit the capabilities of this linear motor, but I guess within a certain margin these motors don't differ that much, isn't it? or are they that sensitive?

​@@pietdepad4103No reply. 😞I thought it was a good question 👍