Cabletwitch
15-06-2014, 01:15 PM
Howdy!
Got some on-going fun with a Mistral Plus, insofar as its working, but it isn't. Its an 8596N model, and is just giving me a headache trying to pinpoint the cause of the fun.
One morning, the fridge was discovered to be rather warm, and the freezer was slowly increasing in temperature as well. Display was fine, but the compressor had seemingly decided to no longer work, for whatever reason. Subsequent testing and powering up has found that the comp still works, but only for short periods. No errors are displayed on the LCD, and the thermistors after testing seem to work fine (resistance shown to drop when warming, and rising when cooling). All connections are fine and nothing is or was loose. The fan in the freezer spins freely by hand, but doesn't appear to spin up when the compressor actually decides to run.
So... I'm baffled. The control board seems fine, although I'm unsure what connection leads to what from looking at it, so I haven't been able to run continuity tests on various circuits. I just don't know what it could be.
Any ideas, chaps?
Got some on-going fun with a Mistral Plus, insofar as its working, but it isn't. Its an 8596N model, and is just giving me a headache trying to pinpoint the cause of the fun.
One morning, the fridge was discovered to be rather warm, and the freezer was slowly increasing in temperature as well. Display was fine, but the compressor had seemingly decided to no longer work, for whatever reason. Subsequent testing and powering up has found that the comp still works, but only for short periods. No errors are displayed on the LCD, and the thermistors after testing seem to work fine (resistance shown to drop when warming, and rising when cooling). All connections are fine and nothing is or was loose. The fan in the freezer spins freely by hand, but doesn't appear to spin up when the compressor actually decides to run.
So... I'm baffled. The control board seems fine, although I'm unsure what connection leads to what from looking at it, so I haven't been able to run continuity tests on various circuits. I just don't know what it could be.
Any ideas, chaps?