Here are repair instructions I created documenting my attempt at fixing the High Voltage (HV) Control Board in my Maytag fridge.  They worked for me, maybe they'll work for you too and save you the hassles of waiting for the repair man, then the repair part.  Or perhaps the $350+ this might cost has you thinking "there has to be a better way".  Perhaps it will help you get your fridge repaired this month rather than next.....

You need to know how to solder, or know how to find someone who can and con them into doing this with you.  The parts cost is <$5 at Radio Shack presuming you have soldering equipment, <$20 if you need to get the equipment from Radio Shack.

In any case, if you use this, you accept the info as-is without any warrantee from me.  If this doesn't fix your fridge, or worse, something doesn't work right and you blow up your house, don't blame me.  Melodramatic perhaps, but we live in a litigious society.  So I'm limiting my maximum liability for anything that might, or does happen, or you tell me might happen as a result of these instructions to the equivalent of US$0.01, and I'll send it to you after you send me a stamped, self addressed envelope.  Got it ? ;-)

The above model numbers cover the White, Black and Stainless Steel versions respectively.

Go click on the fridge and see what's inside.  File is 828kb (lots of pics) so might take a few minutes on dial-up.  Saving over $350 is worth the wait.

If it does work for you, give yourself a pat on the back, then you should go out and do something nice for someone else and then everyone's a bit better off....

And while you're at it, send me an email  at the below ID to let me know how you make out or if you notice that something needs to be changed or updated in the doc.   

Apologies for the non-clickable email ID here, but I find if I publish email IDs on a web page the spammers get it in less than a week, so the graphic version is needed.  (That's the letter "O" not number zero before the @ sign.)

With thanks to Samurai Appliance Repair Man and this specific repair thread.  Without the insight contained on his site, I'd never have given this a try. 

December 2007 Update:

Many thanks to the interesting stories you have passed on to me of your personal experiences with this guide.  So far, reports are at a 100% success rate, with probably a notable up-tick in sales of capacitors at Radio Shack.

A couple of kind readers have submitted an added tip that seems to be easier in stopping the "flapping/flashing" noise: take off the plastic cover on top left door hinge (1 screw) and disconnect the wires running down to the door.  This powers off the whole front assembly so the flashing also stops.  Thanks for the feedback !

It is also noted that calling Maytag (800-253-1301) seems to get much more recognition of this problem, and readers have reported getting a new HV board shipped to them for free for installation by a local tech.  Reports vary of both free and for fee labor to install it.   

By the looks of the page counter at right, I figure I've saved Maytag quite a number of totally irate phone calls ....  ;-)

January 2008 Update:

Due to the 900+ hits since July (sad that this is such a problem), this is now hosted on a service rather than my old PII400 home web server.  It should be faster and more reliable now.

In operation since late July 2007 

(c) 2007-2008 Stephen Beck    (1n1)

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