My wife, the super-geek.
Jan. 17th, 2012 09:24 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
elfsThis weekend, Omaha did an amazing thing: she dismantled the dishwasher and re-assembled it with a new heating coil and a new logic board.
The Whirlpool Elite we've had for ten years has been slowing down, and a couple of weeks ago the heating coil broke. So she ordered a new heating coil and with it came a new circuit board-- apparently, the manual says they have to be replaced as a unit. The old coil was a circle, this one was more of a vague arrow shape.
In the process of dismantling it, she discovered that a tiny gap between the faceplate and the tubplate had let steam leak behind the front panel, and the mold in there was more than a little gross.
The only thing she asked me for was help on dealing with a fuse in the front panel that was not part of the circuit board. The manual wasn't clear on whether or not the fuse wasn't needed with the new circuit board or not. The illustration shows it attached to the circuit board as it's being inserted, so I encouraged her to put it back.
After all that, power and water re-attached, it worked. It worked... oddly. Instead of a countdown, the timer face shows a ticking clock hand now. We're not sure what that's about. But with it cleaned out and well-maintained, it actually does the dishes much better than a week ago.
See, my wife is awesome. She can fix broken major appliances. We don't have the equipment to tackle the freon in the dying compressor behind the refrigerator, but I doubt that'll stop her from trying.
The Whirlpool Elite we've had for ten years has been slowing down, and a couple of weeks ago the heating coil broke. So she ordered a new heating coil and with it came a new circuit board-- apparently, the manual says they have to be replaced as a unit. The old coil was a circle, this one was more of a vague arrow shape.
In the process of dismantling it, she discovered that a tiny gap between the faceplate and the tubplate had let steam leak behind the front panel, and the mold in there was more than a little gross.
The only thing she asked me for was help on dealing with a fuse in the front panel that was not part of the circuit board. The manual wasn't clear on whether or not the fuse wasn't needed with the new circuit board or not. The illustration shows it attached to the circuit board as it's being inserted, so I encouraged her to put it back.
After all that, power and water re-attached, it worked. It worked... oddly. Instead of a countdown, the timer face shows a ticking clock hand now. We're not sure what that's about. But with it cleaned out and well-maintained, it actually does the dishes much better than a week ago.
See, my wife is awesome. She can fix broken major appliances. We don't have the equipment to tackle the freon in the dying compressor behind the refrigerator, but I doubt that'll stop her from trying.
