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I woke up to a dead fridge this morning, so I had to haul all the food down to the spare in the basement.

It's only 14 years old. It smells like the culprit is this TOP245PN chip, a 12V switch mode power supply unit. I ordered one from Mouser for $2.50. We'll see if I am right when UPS comes next Friday.

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Analogue Dog 1y ago

Nice work. Perhaps a spike in mains power.

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A.A.Ron 1y ago

Naw, I am a bit paranoid about that, so I have installed surge protection at the meter, the panelboard and the outlet. It's probably just exceded it's design life.

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m2carbine 1y ago

Did the new board fix it!

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A.A.Ron 1y ago

I wasn't able to repair the board, so I threw in the towel and installed a used one off ebay. It's back up and running.