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What could be causing a burning smell coming from a GE refrigerator?

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I have heard of people who have this problem because of a faulty compressor relay - they can just go bad after a few years. Another possibility is that you put in a refrigerator bulb with too high-wattage: this can melt the plastic near the bulb itself.

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The reason behind the smell will be the overheat in the iron fence behind the refrigerator or also due to the motor burn.

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It could be multiple things one of the things it could be are some refrigerstors have condensing units on them and yours may be plugged with dust or animal hair pull the panel off the bottom see if its plugged pull the back from the fridge so you can see it the compressor and fans are full of dust .

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There may be dust in the coils on the back of your fridge, or a long-dead mouse carcass under it.

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posted by ness (39)
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a lot of times simple dust can build up on the compressor or the compressor itself is going and needs to be replaced.

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posted by fatkid (105)
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