Regarding the question about the correct values of R15 and R17, it appears that they are 91-ohm and 127-ohm, respectively. This information came from the YouTube link below.
Both R15 and R17 were burnt-out on my board. It would appear that Whirlpool undersized these resistors. These surface-mount resistors can have power ratings as low as 30mW (that’s “milli-watts”) which means they can’t handle much power before getting hot and melting through the conformal coating which then leads to corrosion and ultimately failure. It is also possible that resistors would’ve failed without corrosion due to being undersized. I removed the resistors from my failed board and measured them: R15=890-ohm, R17=1.7-kOhm. These readings could indicate that the resistors were overheating and degrading over time which increased the resistance as more material was burnt away. It is important that the resistance be exactly correct for these resistors since these resistors are used to bias the transistor on this board that control the lights. Anyway, a little rambling but hope this is helpful.
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Both R15 and R17 were burnt-out on my board. I removed the resistors from my failed board and measured them: R15=890-ohm, R17=1.7-kOhm. These readings could indicate that the resistors were overheating and degrading over time which increased the resistance as more material was burnt away.
Regarding the question about the correct values of R15 and R17, it appears that they are 91-ohm and 127-ohm, respectively. This information came from the YouTube link below.
Both R15 and R17 were burnt-out on my board. It would appear that Whirlpool undersized these resistors. These surface-mount resistors can have power ratings as low as 30mW (that’s “milli-watts”) which means they can’t handle much power before getting hot and melting through the conformal coating which then leads to corrosion and ultimately failure. It is also possible that resistors would’ve failed without corrosion due to being undersized. I removed the resistors and measured them: R15=890-ohm, R17=1.7-kOhm. These readings could indicate that the resistors were overheating and degrading over time which increased the resistance as more material was burnt away. It is important that the resistance be exactly correct for these resistors since these resistors are used to bias the transistor on this board that control the lights. Anyway, a little rambling but hope this is helpful.
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Both R15 and R17 were burnt-out on my board. It would appear that Whirlpool undersized these resistors. These surface-mount resistors can have power ratings as low as 30mW (that’s “milli-watts”) which means they can’t handle much power before getting hot and melting through the conformal coating which then leads to corrosion and ultimately failure. It is also possible that resistors would’ve failed without corrosion due to being undersized. I removed the resistors from my failed board and measured them: R15=890-ohm, R17=1.7-kOhm. These readings could indicate that the resistors were overheating and degrading over time which increased the resistance as more material was burnt away. It is important that the resistance be exactly correct for these resistors since these resistors are used to bias the transistor on this board that control the lights. Anyway, a little rambling but hope this is helpful.
Regarding the question about the correct values of R15 and R17, it appears that they are 91-ohm and 127-ohm, respectively. This information came from the YouTube link below.
Both R15 and R17 were burnt-out on my board. It would appear that Whirlpool undersized these resistors. These surface-mount resistors can have power ratings as low as 30mW (that’s “milli-watts”) which means they can’t handle much power before getting hot and melting through the conformal coating which then leads to corrosion and ultimately failure. It is also possible that resistors would’ve failed without corrosion due to being undersized. I removed the resistors and measured them: R15=890-ohm, R17=1.7-kOhm. These readings could indicate that the resistors were overheating and degrading over time which increased the resistance as more material was burnt away. It is important that the resistance be exactly correct for these resistors since these resistors are used to bias the transistor on this board that control the lights. Anyway, a little rambling but hope this is helpful.
Regarding the question about the correct values of R15 and R17, it appears that they are 91-ohm and 127-ohm, respectively. This information came from the YouTube link below.
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OdgzfOHSlxk&feature=youtu.be|https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OdgzfOHSlxk&feature=youtu.be]
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