Refrigerant after a defrost cycle can cause a normal tapping sound.
Ge refrigerator loud fan noise.
If the circulation fan is the culprit the noise in the refrigerator will get louder.
Compressors make low humming or buzzing sounds as part of their normal operation.
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.
But if the refrigerator noise gets louder and louder to the point where you.
The evaporator fan motor is responsible for pulling air over the evaporator coils when the compressor is running.
The two sounds are distinct but equally annoying.
If you hear a loud humming take note.
Everything else is working fine and there isn t ice build up anywhere else.
If this is an older refrigerator or a newly occurring noise this may not be normal and would require service to diagnose.
If sound is coming from the freezer that sounds like a fan blade is hitting something it is not normal please contact ge appliance service.
Try turning it by hand.
Fan motors in refrigerators can fail in many different ways but one of the most common and gross ways is an.
This kind of noise could be caused by ice building up around the fan.
If the refrigerator is noisy or loud especially when one of the doors are opened either the evaporator or condenser fan blade may be at fault.
Buzzing could be something as simple as an internal light bulb reaching the end of its lifespan or it could indicate an issue with the compressor especially if the noise is loud or accompanied by a knocking sound.
The evaporator fan is icing up on my 10 year old ge side by side refrigerator and making a very loud noise.
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.