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Originally Posted by: thoffland Ok, I was able to remove the side panels and got to the control panel. I removed the panel and turned the breakers back on, it's been sitting for 2 hours and no lights on the board. I guess I need a new control board. The site says they are out of stock, is this something you recieve regularly? Or should I look elsewhere for the part I need? If I should go somewhere else, where would you recommend? This looks to be the right part Part Details - WHIRLPOOL Electronic control, part number: AP3873768Thanks again for your help. Looks like this is a new problem? Do not rush with the control board. Double check all wires and connections. Make sure there is 120 VAC between the Black (P24-3) and White (P24-1) wires to the control board. Check for continuity Between the two Red wires and the two Blue wires at the low voltage transformer (#6 on the diagram). Post the results. Here is Tech sheet. Gene.
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Here's an update Gene,
I don't have an ohm meter so I cannot test the voltage, I can see if a neighbor has one if need be, just haven't had time yet.
I did leave the power on all night and this morning it was displaying "E1 F2".
I just got home and checked all of the connections and pushed them all to make sure they were in tightly. When I powered it back up, it said "PF 4:15". Obviously the clock is a little off... then it went back to "E1 F2" again.
Another update: I read that the E1 F2 was related to not having the control panel connected, so I put the control panel back on and lo and behold, it seems to be working again. I have a feeling the problem will come back, but I'll let you know if/when that happens.
Thanks again for all your help, I really appreciate it!
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You are welcome. Keep us posted.
Gene.
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1. The very first time having problem was the oven suddenly locking itself while baking, maybe one year ago. No more problems until Last month, when E6 F2 started to appear. At first, simply hitting cancel would clear the problem. Later, the oven would randomly go beep beep beep and/or shut off by itself.
2. I decided to replace the control board. To do so, I had to remove the trim, slide the oven out of the cabinet, and remove two screws on each side as detailed in one of the posts above.
3. After replacing the control board, there was no response after hitting off/cancel and/or the whole display would light up. I determined that the ribbon cable connections were no good. The ribbon cable connections should be coated with what appears to be graphite, but some areas did not appear to have enough coating. My solution was to literally write a thick layer of graphite on the ribbon cable connections using a mechanical pencil (the pencil lead is graphite based).
4. It has been a week. No more random beeping, no more E6 F2. The oven was just being used today. Toward the end of the first baking job, after hitting off/cancel, the oven reset itself. The whole display lit up, the clock reset to 12:00, and then showed locked. The second baking job went through fine (did not try to hit off/cancel toward the end).
The fact that hitting off/cancel would cause the oven to reset indicates that the oven still is not fixed. What can cause this?
What should I replace next? The control panel? The sister board? The transformer? The suppressor? Anything else?
If I end up replacing the control panel, I would also replace the transformer because the transformer is cheap.
Just replace the transformer?
What does the suppressor do?
What does the sister board do?
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The sister board is a power board for the door locks. The suppressor is an electronic filter which protects the control board. In the situation you described, I would replace the membrane switch and the sister board. If you need the correct part number for the membrane switch, post the color of it. - The sister board Part number: AP3598617
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Hi Gene,
I was reading your reply to Shawn concerning his E6 F2 problem. I have a Whirlpool double oven GBD307PDB10 (black) that is giving me the same code. I tried removing the front and unplugging the ribbon cable but to no avail. When I turned the power back on, the screen was still blank. This originally started on March 19 but less than a day later, the lights came back on and it ran good for almost 2 months. Now it has happened 3 times in the last week. As I read through Shawn's post and your answers, the is mention of control board and control panel. Gene, what is the difference between the control board and the control panel? Thanks Gene for any help. Denise in Minnesota
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Originally Posted by: Denise in MN ...Gene, what is the difference between the control board and the control panel?... Denise, The control board is actually a microcomputer which operates with all functions of the oven (#3 on the diagram) while the control panel is a device which helps to communicate between you and your oven and it has a touch pad (#1 on the diagram). According to your description, looks like the problem is a bad control board. - The control board Part number: AP3595759
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Hi Gene, Thanks so much for explaining the difference to me. When I got home today, the code E6 F2 was lit up. I pushed the upper oven off button and the clock appeared. It can be good for a few days or a few weeks but I would hate for it to go out in the middle of something so I am going to work on it now. Thanks again for your help. I really enjoy reading your replies Gene. You give good, easy to understand instructions.
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Thank you Denise for your good words. Keep us posted.
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Hi Gene, I also have a GBD307PDB10 with the E6 F2 error. I've read all of the posts here and I don't know which problem I have. A few days back my display went out. After trying to find which breaker it was on to see if I could reset it I went back to check and saw the error. A few minutes later the oven clock turned back on and I tested it; worked fine.
The next day I came downstairs the oven display was off again and no error ever came back up. The oven beeps at me when trying to turn it on.
I found this site/thread when looking up the error codes and followed the following: 1) Checked ohms across red/red and blue/blue - all had resistance 2) Checked for voltage across P16-6 and P16-7 (red/red from transformer) and got 120VAC 3) Checked for voltage across P24-1 and P24-3 (white and black) and got 120VAC 4) Checked ribbon connector. One of the plastic hold down clips broke off but there didn't appear to be any cracks on the ribbon cable. The section that goes in to the squeeze pins are worn so I used an eraser and pencil as another user posted with no luck.
So this is where I am now. I don't know if it's the control board or control panel. PN AP3595759 is the control board PN AP3131916 is the control panel
Are those the only parts I need? Should I replace the control panel first (it's cheaper)? Also the control board has what appears to be a heated up resistor as evident by a blackish halo around D73 & R188 towards the top.
I also, like another poster, don't have a separate breaker for this damn oven and it's a newer house built 5 years ago. I've shut off every single breaker in the box and the light bulb in the oven still stays on! I'm going to call the builder and see what they have to say about this. There's got to be a code in the NEC or something. Looks like I'll have to shut down the entire house main to swap boards.
Not trying to kill myself with 220 volts! Thanks
BTW, Hope you had a great Memorial Day
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