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I have a Frigidaire mini fridge 3.3cu ft 30w. Compressor seems to cycle every minute for 20 seconds and repeats. It is cooling fine, pipes and compressor clean. It is not in direct sunlight and stays in my room where the temperature stays around 69. Not sure what the problem is.
The most common reason for a mini fridge would be low refrigerant.
After that there is a myriad of possibilities- dirty condenser coil, high/low switch failure, iced evap coil, etc.
The major problem with short cycling is you can starve the compressor of oil and then you have a total failure. Of course with the cost of a mini fridge, you're probably better off financially discarding this one for a new one; versus the cost of a repair.