High Voltage Board

Easy fix. bought control board here, removed rear panel, took old board out and stuck new one in. I called repair man first and he wanted $500 to do what i did in 15 minutes with only the cost of the control board.

The repair was quite easy. I had already removed the panel cover on the rear and removed the plastic cover several days before that. I had also pulled the wire harness that went to the upper left connector that has allowed the refrigerator to operate without the flashing lights while the part was enroute. I unplugged the refrigerator, disconnected the remaining connectors, and popped the old electronic control board out. I had to be very careful here as the plastic snaps that held it in were very hard to spread apart and I did not want to break one. Put in the new board, reconnected all of the wiring harnesses (each has a different pattern so you cannot mix them up). I plugged the refrigerator in and using the code from the label on the upper right hand side of the refrigerator and the instructions that came with the new board, I programmed the correct code in and everything was operational. Put the covers back on and went back to work. I did all of this in a 15 minute break between teleconference calls.

replaced the high voltage board in the back of the refrigerator, then followed the instructions to program the board.

took back covers off until I found the electronic control box. looked up model # and searched the internet for repair parts. ordered on sunday afternoon around 4 pm. received the following tuesday around 9 am. (great delivery time). pryed the retaining clips to remove the circuit board and unplugged the 4 wiring harnesses. installed new circuit board and covers. plugged in ref. looked up the programming code for my ref. and used the accompaning directions to program the circuit board to my ref. it immediately started to cooling and working great.

The high voltage circuit panel in the back of the unit was bad. I was going to first replace the low voltage board behind the water/ice dispenser, but a post clued me that the real problem was the high voltage board. The part came the next day and took only a few minutes to install. The board must be programmed once installed. Follow the included instructions carefully and exactly. Fixed the problem completely.

Went on line found the problem ordered the part it took about a week and 200.00 to fix the problem

Unpluged Refer, opened 8x 8 back access pannel, removed plastic cover, unpluged the 4 plugs, pulled out old board and installed new. Re atttched all plugs. Pluged in Refer and the water dispenser started pooring out water. I valved off water. Programed code fro door buttons per instructions. Opened water valve. Refer working now, Ice maker is making ice. However the door water dispencer is now not despencing water??? I have no idea why. I am not sure where the solinoid is to check.

After doing a Google search for the issue and landing on the PartSelect website, I reviewed the explanations and directions listed. When I received the part I moved the fridge from the wall, disconnected the power, used the nut driver to remove the cover plate, removed the plastic protection shield and then unplugged each wire connector. Removing the HV board gave me the most trouble since I did not want to break the retaining clips. After a few tries I figured out how to push and pull at the same time to get the board out. Reinstallation was a breeze and the wire connectors went back easily. When power was restored, no more flashing and opening/closing. Re-programming the unit was easy by following the enclosed instructions. So much easier than hassling with a repair person and paying a lot more money to perform a simple repair.