I finally changed my mind about used control boards after a 1998 Whirlpool dryer job

For years I told customers to always buy new boards. A bad refurbished board can ruin your whole day. But last month I put a used board in a dryer for an older lady in Cleveland who couldn't afford the $350 new part. That thing has been running like a champ for 5 weeks now, no hiccups at all. So what's your policy on used parts do you swear them off or have you had good luck with certain sources?

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danielkim20d ago

Most of the time the problem isn't the used board itself, it's the dried out caps that didn't get replaced during the refurb. If you find a seller who actually recaps the boards instead of just blowing dust off them, they run forever.

roberts9519d ago

Wonder if the sellers who do proper recaps are just harder to find or if they charge way more for it... I messaged a few sellers on ebay once asking if they replace caps and most of them just gave me vague answers about "testing" the boards. You'd think with how cheap caps are it would be standard practice, but I guess most people are just flipping them as fast as possible.

logan_ellis19d ago

Don't know if I buy that it's that big of a deal. I've grabbed a few old boards off ebay that definitely weren't recapped and they still work fine. Maybe it matters more for certain stuff but feels like people overthink it.