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My dad told me to never trust the 'auto defrost' light on a 90s fridge...

He said the boards always fail and you'll end up with a solid block of ice in the freezer compartment. Sure enough, a customer called last week with a Kenmore that had a 3-inch thick ice sheet behind the panel. Anyone else still manually checking those old defrost timers?
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the_wren
the_wren7d ago
Three inches? That's a whole glacier back there. I can't even imagine the noise that thing was making. Your dad gave you some solid advice, those old control boards are just ticking time bombs.
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mitchell.mark
Tell me about it. We had an old unit that sounded like a jet engine trying to take off from the backyard. My dad kept saying the same thing, that the circuit board was a disaster waiting to happen. He was right, it finally quit on the hottest weekend last summer. Replacing the whole system was a pain but so much quieter now.
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