00:00Your fridge stopped cooling and now you hear a click, click, click every couple minutes?
00:059 times out of 10, that's the PTC start relay, not the compressor.
00:09Good news, the part costs less than a coffee.
00:13I went through the listings and found the best deals to fix fridge compressor failures with
00:17these PTC starter relays. First up, this hot refrigerator compressor PTC start relay.
00:25It's the one-half pin, 15 ohm, one-sixth Henry replacement, with the overload protector built
00:30right in. This is the exact style sitting in a ton of older fridges and mini fridges.
00:374,707 sold, 5-star rating, and it's $5.25. If your fridge clicks and never kicks over,
00:44this is the first thing you swap. Want the cheapest relay that still actually works?
00:51This 6SP9033-69 PTC relay is at, at $1.71. 4,595 buyers, 5 stars.
01:01Installation is dead simple, it slides onto the compressor pins and the harness clicks back on
01:06in seconds. Honestly, buy two and toss a spare in a drawer. This next one is the pick if you
01:13don't
01:13know exactly what you need. Same relay, sold in 1, 2, 3 and 4 pin versions, and 4
01:19resistance options, 12, 15, 22 and 33 ohm. So you just match it to the number stamped on your old
01:26part. 4,538 sold, 5 stars, $1.08. Nothing else at this price comes close.
01:35Then there's this LCTC relay. This one covers both 110 and 220-volt fridges and freezers,
01:433 or 4 pins, with resistances from 4.7 all the way to 33 ohm. 4,125 sold, 4.9
01:51stars, $2.54.
01:54If you're in a 220-volt country, or you're working on a chest freezer instead of a fridge,
01:59this is the one to grab. Last up, the QP3-15-C. This is the heavy-duty option,
02:07a combined starter relay and overload protector built to OEM spec for common fridge compressors.
02:124,009 sold, 5 stars, $7.87. Most expensive of the bunch, and the best built.
02:21Worth it if you want to fix it once and forget about it.
02:24All 5 links are down in the description. Unplug the fridge before you touch anything,
02:30and double-check the new relay matches your old resistance rating before you install it.
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