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BFL13
Feb 24, 2019Explorer II
If you are on AC mode where you are, then just unplug the ignitor module from the board. That should stop the sparking (except see below)
On mine that is the smaller plug with four wires. The big plug with more wires comes from the fridge control board.
If that stops the sparking wait till May (still under warranty then?) and now get it fixed by a tech.
Or--Somehow, the ignitor board is getting 12v independently from whatever the board is signalling. On gas, the fridge works (cycles even) but keeps sparking but the flame detector is not shutting it off. Even if the board is signalling the sparker to stop from what the flame detector is telling the board.
Meanwhile even on AC mode, the sparker is on and won't stop but there is no gas, so the board is not making the sparker spark, the board thinks it is on AC. So the sparker is getting 12v from somewhere else whenever the fridge is turned on, either to AC or Gas.
So the board may be ok. You have a 12v connection direct to the ignitor module that is on the same switch the fridge control on/off (gas or AC) is on. That could be in the board though--the big plug and the little plug meet at the board.
I would take both plugs out and the board to check inside for any debris that might be making a crossed signal. Just disturbing those might fix it, who knows?
On mine that is the smaller plug with four wires. The big plug with more wires comes from the fridge control board.
If that stops the sparking wait till May (still under warranty then?) and now get it fixed by a tech.
Or--Somehow, the ignitor board is getting 12v independently from whatever the board is signalling. On gas, the fridge works (cycles even) but keeps sparking but the flame detector is not shutting it off. Even if the board is signalling the sparker to stop from what the flame detector is telling the board.
Meanwhile even on AC mode, the sparker is on and won't stop but there is no gas, so the board is not making the sparker spark, the board thinks it is on AC. So the sparker is getting 12v from somewhere else whenever the fridge is turned on, either to AC or Gas.
So the board may be ok. You have a 12v connection direct to the ignitor module that is on the same switch the fridge control on/off (gas or AC) is on. That could be in the board though--the big plug and the little plug meet at the board.
I would take both plugs out and the board to check inside for any debris that might be making a crossed signal. Just disturbing those might fix it, who knows?
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