When a fridge repair in my alley went totally sideways | Appliance Repairers

Blair Reed · 2026-03-05T11:37:13.078924+00:00

Honestly, I was just walking my route when I heard this loud bang from Mr. Johnson's garage. Tbh, it turned out he was trying to fix his old fridge and somehow the compressor shot out like a rocket. Ngl, it hit his trash cans and knocked them over, which scared the neighbor's dog into a frenzy. The whole thing was so loud that three other neighbors came out thinking it was a car crash. Now we all joke about it, but it taught me to always double-check the pressure before messing with compressors. So yeah, be careful with those old units, folks.

andrew9167mo ago

Compressors usually just burst, they don't shoot out like that.

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ninasanchez7mo ago

Wow, that sounds genuinely scary to witness. Glad nobody got hurt when that thing went flying. Old appliances can be real wild cards sometimes.

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the_jennifer7mo ago

Wait, how does a compressor even shoot out instead of just bursting? Was it not bolted down right or something?

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