paul_h
29-08-2008, 03:20 PM
Anyone made their own up?
As most people know, it's a common fault with frost free fridges, especially samsungs.
Anyway, I've got an interesting model samsung here with a blown thermal fuse. It's a 250L upright that is normally a timer/klixon based fridge. But this one has a sealed PCB and coil sensor so other thermal fuses won't fit the wiring loom/plug, and the supplier has told me it's a 4-6 week wait for parts to be shipped from overseas.
I know my local electronics shop has 77*C thermal fuses, but to get it installed, I'd need to solder I guess.
Any tips in soldering thermal fuses? Can it be done without blowing them, even if you just keep the fuse body wet while soldering?
I would have thought if soldering was possible, the manufacturers would have done it because it's cheaper than crimping. But most seemed crimped but I don't know what type of crimp joins they've used.
Thermal fuses are only $2 ea, so I would like to get a system/crimp connector in place to save time and money repalcing on site, rather than waiting 2 weeks+ and paying $20+ for OEM replacements.
As most people know, it's a common fault with frost free fridges, especially samsungs.
Anyway, I've got an interesting model samsung here with a blown thermal fuse. It's a 250L upright that is normally a timer/klixon based fridge. But this one has a sealed PCB and coil sensor so other thermal fuses won't fit the wiring loom/plug, and the supplier has told me it's a 4-6 week wait for parts to be shipped from overseas.
I know my local electronics shop has 77*C thermal fuses, but to get it installed, I'd need to solder I guess.
Any tips in soldering thermal fuses? Can it be done without blowing them, even if you just keep the fuse body wet while soldering?
I would have thought if soldering was possible, the manufacturers would have done it because it's cheaper than crimping. But most seemed crimped but I don't know what type of crimp joins they've used.
Thermal fuses are only $2 ea, so I would like to get a system/crimp connector in place to save time and money repalcing on site, rather than waiting 2 weeks+ and paying $20+ for OEM replacements.