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Why important to clean coils especially if you have pet. If not you can get away longer but still coils needs to be check for dust buildup up. The video goes over everything you can repair yourself except the compressor or compressor leak.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=71D4-5UmgU8

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Why important to clean coils especially if you have pet. If not you can get away longer but still coils needs to be check for dust buildup up. This gives over everything you can repair yourself except the compressor or compressor leak.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=71D4-5UmgU8
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For the record, my refrigerator is 10 years old, and I have never done any maintenance at all.

Note that, if you are going to pull out the refrigerator from the wall, protect the floor from damage. You can buy a piece of plexiglass sheeting from Home Depot for this purpose. I have seen brand new hardwood flooring permanently damaged by the tiny wheels that most refrigerators have on them. And do not tilt the refrigerator to the side. This will cause even more damage to the floor. Pull it straight out.
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Thank you for sharing this video. It would have saved my neighbor a lot of money.
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For the record, my refrigerator is 10 years old, and I have never done any maintenance at all.

Note that, if you are going to pull out the refrigerator from the wall, protect the floor from damage. You can buy a piece of plexiglass sheeting from Home Depot for this purpose. I have seen brand new hardwood flooring permanently damaged by the tiny wheels that most refrigerators have on them. And do not tilt the refrigerator to the side. This will cause even more damage to the floor. Pull it straight out.
Cleaning is not maintenance…it prevents maintenance…. When if fails and it will, don’t expect todays appliances to last that long. Unless you buy speed queen. Opps they don’t make refrigerators.
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