Fan Noise Evaporator

There arent many moving parts in a refrigerator but a bad ice maker auger can make your freezer sound like a live raccoon is inside trying to escape.

What size quiet cool whole house fan do i need. The evaporator fan is a box fan thats attached to the evaporator cover in the back of the fridge behind where it says twin cooling. When i melt the ice on the evaporator fan by using a hair dryer the loud sound goes away but in a few weeks it is iced up again and making the loud noise. The evaporator fan motor grommet sits between the motor and the mounting bracket and keeps the motor from vibrating against the bracket.

In time the grommets can become worn out or pull loose and then the movement of the fan on its bracket will make noise. The proper fix is to remove everything from the refrigerator take out all the drawers and shelves remove the evaporator cover and then melt the ice. Thats the procedure for a samsung refrigerator fan noise fix according to.

You can often fix that by repositioning the refrigerator. A noisy refrigerator is usually due to a loud evaporator fan motor or a malfunctioning ice maker. You just need to melt the ice built up around th.

Replacing the grommet is the only way to stop the noise from happening. You dont need to take your refrigerator apart and stick a hair dryer in there to solve the fan noise issue. Your fridges evaporator fan motor sits on grommets to keep it from rattling on the mounting bracket.

According to repair clinic other possible reasons include dirty evaporator coils a faulty thermostat or a bad evaporator motor compressor. The evaporator fan motor is responsible for pulling air over the evaporator coils when the compressor is running. The fan looks like this.

If so there could be an obstruction in one of the fridges two fans. If your refrigerator is making a loud noise that appears to be coming from the freezer area a faulty evaporator fan motor could be to blame. The evaporator fan is icing up on my 10 year old ge side by side refrigerator and making a very loud noise.

Everything else is working fine and there isnt ice build up anywhere else. Unplug the fridge and take a look at the evaporator fan motor in the freezer compartment behind the back panel. The two sounds are distinct but equally annoying.