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Re: Whirlpool American Fridge Freezer broken down – help!
What a useful board!
So, the fault my Whirlpool FF (model 858615815040) has is a double dash on the fridge display side, with the freezer display stuck at -24. Neither of the temp change buttons works, although fridge side is relatively cold, if not quite cold enough. Freezer side works.
There was the usual symptom of chattering capacitors so I bought the repair kit and changed them all. My soldering skills are a little basic but all seemed to go okay. Turned it back on and everything worked fine for about two minutes, during which I was delighted that I’d fixed it. Then various error messages flashed (CF; d; and a phone symbol). Turned it off and on again and the display is back to exactly how it was before, with no error symbols showing
I re-checked soldering, refitted a few Cs which were not v neat, but no change.
So, what next? I am thinking maybe something else on the board is at fault and that I’m going to have to replace the whole thing. But before I spend the money on a reconditioned board from the chap on eBay, I want to be reasonably sure that’s the source of the problem. Why did the fix work but then fail after a couple if minutes? Could the problem be elsewhere?
Thanks in advance for any help
