Shoutout to the old timer in Cleveland who told me to stop swapping compressors
He said check the start relay first before I order anything, and sure enough the $12 relay fixed the fridge I was about to charge $400 for a new compressor. Any of you got a rule like that you wish someone told you sooner?
I mean yeah it worked out but let's not act like every compressor job is secretly a $12 relay. half the time the relay is fine and the compressor really is toast. still good advice to check the cheap stuff first tho