[kanguru007]

Whirlpool American Fridge Freezer broken down

Hi. Thank you all for your help.

Yes, the capacitors are bad! I wonder where Whirlpool manages to get capacitors of this kind of ‘quality’, I wouldn’t be able to source them if I had to.

I replaced all eight on the back board and my fridge is working like new again.

Later I will replace the ones on the front board, I have to buy them beforehand.

Everyone with problems should replace all capacitors without a second thought. The new capacitors will most likely never fail and the fridge will be better than new.
If you can’t do yourself just take the board to an electronics/tv repair shop. They must do it as you wait because food inside the fridge will start melting in a couple of hours melting. Put the temperatures in the lowest settings one day before you remove the board.

Here’s a list of all the capacitors in my boards:

back board (changing these fixed my problems):

plastic mains caps: 250V/275V RMS (AC) or higher if they fit:
4x 220nF
3x 100nF
1x 330nF
1x 1000nF

electrolitic (don’t reverse polarity)
6.8V or higher:
1x 1000uF

front board (these are also bad but I haven’t replace them yet):

plastic mains caps: 250V, 275V RMS (AC) or higher if they fit:
3x 470nF
1x 680nF
1x 330nF
4x 3uF

electrolitic (don’t reverse polarity)
6.8V or higher:
1x 1000uF

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