Smeg FAB32RNR not working at all!!

[Smegy]

Bought this second hand and can’t return due to seller disappearing!! so trying to get it working however nothing works, On the display it indicates EE for the freezer and a – for the fridge and it is the only thing that actually powers up nothing switches on, the interior light doesn’t even work, tested the bulb and and its ok, measured 10v at the light, checked for power going to the starter relay and getting 240v in and 50v going out to the compressor (is this right?) it has one compressor and once the starter relay is out I have measured between the 3 pins getting 18 ohms between top pin and bottom left pin and the same on the top pin and bottom right pin but nothing between bottom left and right pin? Why does it not fire up its completely dead, could it be the starter unit or one of the two small suppressors units that are wired to the starter relay ? I’m confused. Can anyone help? obviously there is no fan or compressor running.

[kwatt]

Oh dear. It sounds like you’ve been sold a pup and, you now know why it was being sold.

It’s full electronic so the error code will mean something but I can’t find any for that one but, at a guess, a sensor or compressor fault. Possibly a fan motor but that’s an outside runner.

K.

[adv]

you should get a reading from all pins .on compressor .. so a duff winding i suspect

[Smegy]

Thanks Kwatt dont know much about these but is the control unit also the display unit that situated at the top of the fridge? just took it out and there was a burnt smell from the board also scorch marks on the plastic and there is a burn mark on the board could be this? cleaned the damaged bit up but still faulty, board could still be blown? can anyone tell me if this is the main board? cant seem to attach pics they are too large??

[kwatt]

If the board is burnt to that extent the question you have to ask is, why?

K.

[Smegy]

Hi adv the pins all check out on continuity? between each other, would a faulty compressor stop everything including the interior light and fan the onlthing that is working is the display/control unit weird?

[Smegy]

ref the board there was a small bit of solder loose on the burnt area

[Smegy]

will i disregard the start up relay was going to get one?

[kwatt]

https://shop.ukwhitegoods.co.uk/691651308-fridge-freezer-control-module

Not something you want to guess at or, be even a tiny bit unsure of!

K.

[Smegy]

Ahh getting a used one sent to me from a faulty fridge same model that had a gas leak , however have found a better price new..
https://www.smegspares.co.uk/product/smeg-control-board/5709?category_id=5120&productSortOption=1&page=1&productsPerPage=50

[kwatt]

I can query that price, will do anyway but…

Even so…

K.

[Smegy]

thanks will wait till next week and get the good used one delivered and see what happens, why is there no schematics or wiring diagrams for these machines i work in the electronic industry and we have schematics for everything??

[kwatt]

https://www.ukwhitegoods.co.uk/help/fix-it-yourself/all-appliances/2817-all-service-manuals

Same thing really.

K.

[Smegy]

Ok thanks for that will have a look at that cheers

[adv]

Smegy wrote:Hi adv the pins all check out on continuity? between each other, would a faulty compressor stop everything including the interior light and fan the onlthing that is working is the display/control unit weird?

no, but you said you were not getting a reading, across the two bottom pins

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