A few days ago my Kenmore Elite Fridge, Model # 596.77533600, quit dispensing water and ice. The display on the fridge was still working, the micro switch on the dispenser tested good, but it was intermittent dispensing water. Mostly actually it was not. Really weird. Sometimes it would dispense water and ice with the right fridge door open, but not when closed.
After a while I came to the conclusion there is trouble on the main HV board on the back of the fridge. The HV control board # Maytag 12920710. Nothing out of order when you look at it. Then I began banging on the relays, but that wasn't the problem either. Took the HV board out and started testing capacitors. On mine there is a Ltec branded 35V 270uF cap in position C14. That cap looks like brand new, no bulges, no leaks but measured a whopping 14.5uF with an ESR of 408 Ohms! Changed that sucker out and I've got a working fridge. A 60 cent cap saved me $300 for a new board, or $2600 for a new fridge.
After a while I came to the conclusion there is trouble on the main HV board on the back of the fridge. The HV control board # Maytag 12920710. Nothing out of order when you look at it. Then I began banging on the relays, but that wasn't the problem either. Took the HV board out and started testing capacitors. On mine there is a Ltec branded 35V 270uF cap in position C14. That cap looks like brand new, no bulges, no leaks but measured a whopping 14.5uF with an ESR of 408 Ohms! Changed that sucker out and I've got a working fridge. A 60 cent cap saved me $300 for a new board, or $2600 for a new fridge.
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