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wikked
05-27-2011, 02:54 AM
I need to find a relay for my Summit mini fridge. It's pretty old, 1980's or so.

This is the relay:

http://www.wikked.com/images/fridgerelay.jpg

This is the compressor it's on:

http://www.wikked.com/images/fridgecomp.jpg
BR3W CITY
05-27-2011, 07:34 AM
http://www.summitappliance.com/support

Maybe?
BoosTT
05-27-2011, 07:45 AM
digikey.com
newark.com
wrath
05-27-2011, 08:44 PM
Compressor is rated for 13.3 locked rotor amps (when the motor stops spinning). FLA is full load amps. So find a 15a 115v continuous duty relay and you're good to go. How many wires go to the relay? It's probably NO SPST contactor technically (a contactor is a glorified heavy duty relay designed for switching high currents) unless it has a starting capacitor (usually compressors do because usually they're hermetically sealed synchronous motors in with them). You never know with cheap shit though.

That was the most I've used my EE degree in a year...
wikked
05-27-2011, 09:18 PM
That was 95% French to me :P

3 wires going to it if I remember right.
wrath
05-27-2011, 10:34 PM
Probably grounds through the case. So, there will be a trigger wire (probably like 16-18 gauge) coming from the thermostat. There will be a power wire (source) and the feed to the electric motor.
awsomeears
05-28-2011, 10:05 AM
In the HVAC field relays are my weak spot, maybe because I never deal with them.....

GO TO HOUSE OF A 100,000 PARTS IN BAYVIEW !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
wikked
06-09-2011, 02:47 AM
So I took off the relay today (finally), on the back it has a yellow wire going to a spade terminal, and a green going to a spade terminal. On the housing I removed it from, is a black wire.

The relay has 3 holes on the other side (pictured), which fit into the housing 3-prong connection.
Not sure how to look it up online, tried a few basic searches that led nowhere.

http://www.wikked.com/images/fridgerelay2.jpg