Another applicance fixed by Dinosaur Electronics!
A couple of months ago I replaced the ignition control module on my Atwood water heater. It would ignite but the ignitor never quit firing.
I replaced it with a Dinosaur Electronics module and it works great.
Well, my Norcold refrigerator would sometimes malfunction. When you turned it on to gas, normally the red light goes out and the spark fires and it lights off and the red light goes out. But sometimes when you turned it on to gas the red light would immediately come on and never try to fire.
I was not sure if it was the ignition control module or the internal switch module that was broken.
Called up Dinosaur Electronics and the fellow there explained he had been working on these boards for some 20 years and he knew exactly what the problem was - if the solenoid on the ignition module does not close it does not send current back to the control board inside so the red light stays on. He said when he got into the business he was told it was "bad solenoids" so he bought a pallet of them. Turns out there was nothing wrong with the solenoids the problem was bad soldering and they came loose after years of actuation and thermal cycling.
Anyway I replaced the board with a new Dinosaur Electronics ignition module and now the fridge fires up on gas every time like new.
Steve
I replaced it with a Dinosaur Electronics module and it works great.
Well, my Norcold refrigerator would sometimes malfunction. When you turned it on to gas, normally the red light goes out and the spark fires and it lights off and the red light goes out. But sometimes when you turned it on to gas the red light would immediately come on and never try to fire.
I was not sure if it was the ignition control module or the internal switch module that was broken.
Called up Dinosaur Electronics and the fellow there explained he had been working on these boards for some 20 years and he knew exactly what the problem was - if the solenoid on the ignition module does not close it does not send current back to the control board inside so the red light stays on. He said when he got into the business he was told it was "bad solenoids" so he bought a pallet of them. Turns out there was nothing wrong with the solenoids the problem was bad soldering and they came loose after years of actuation and thermal cycling.
Anyway I replaced the board with a new Dinosaur Electronics ignition module and now the fridge fires up on gas every time like new.
Steve
