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My kegerator has broken down 
Essentially it’s a modified Beko undercounter fridge. I bought it off eBay from the guy that built it. He built it based on a brand new fridge so I’m surprised it’s gone wrong so quickly. As part of the build the fridge thermostat has been replaced with an STC-1000 PID controller by an electrician but I think the problem is with either the compressor or the relay that starts it. You can hear it clicking but the compressor doesn’t come on.
So far I haven’t found anyone locally who repairs fridges and I’m not sure I can call Beko out given the mods! It’s got wooden sides and a concrete top added to it so replacing the whole fridge will be a PITA not to mention having to wire in the STC-1000 again and chop bits of the insides off to fit the kegs in.
Any ideas or relevant experience gratefully received! In particular it would be useful to know what settings people use on their STC-1000s? I have it in a corner of my kitchen (so generally anywhere from 18C-25C) and have it set to 5C with a temperature difference parameter of 0.5C. I’m wondering if these settings have caused the compressor to come on too frequently or for too long and damaged it.
Essentially it’s a modified Beko undercounter fridge. I bought it off eBay from the guy that built it. He built it based on a brand new fridge so I’m surprised it’s gone wrong so quickly. As part of the build the fridge thermostat has been replaced with an STC-1000 PID controller by an electrician but I think the problem is with either the compressor or the relay that starts it. You can hear it clicking but the compressor doesn’t come on.
So far I haven’t found anyone locally who repairs fridges and I’m not sure I can call Beko out given the mods! It’s got wooden sides and a concrete top added to it so replacing the whole fridge will be a PITA not to mention having to wire in the STC-1000 again and chop bits of the insides off to fit the kegs in.
Any ideas or relevant experience gratefully received! In particular it would be useful to know what settings people use on their STC-1000s? I have it in a corner of my kitchen (so generally anywhere from 18C-25C) and have it set to 5C with a temperature difference parameter of 0.5C. I’m wondering if these settings have caused the compressor to come on too frequently or for too long and damaged it.
