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Wasted $150 on a 'universal' control board that didn't fit anything
Bought a supposed universal refrigerator control board from an online surplus place last month, thinking it would save me time on calls. Ended up spending 3 hours trying to make it work on a Whirlpool before giving up and ordering the OEM part anyway. Anyone else get burned by these generic boards?
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jake_owens19d ago
my buddy tom bought one of those generic boards for his kenmore fridge. spent a whole saturday trying to wire it up and it just kept throwing error codes. finally gave up and his wife made him call a pro anyway.
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price.tara19d ago
Did you keep the receipt? I think I'm still trying to digest that kind of lost money... I once bought a "multi-voltage" power supply that was supposed to work with everything and it just hummed and smoked for a bit before giving up the ghost. Ran around with a fire extinguisher for a solid 10 minutes after that one. Still cheaper than a service call I guess, but barely.
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