Fixed a 20 year old washer by finding a burnt connection behind the control board

Got called out to a guy's house in Greenville yesterday for a Whirlpool that was cycling weird. It would fill, drain, then stop dead for like 10 minutes before doing the spin cycle. Pulled the control board off and found a small burnt spot on one of the relay solder joints. Reflowed it with my iron and the thing ran perfect through a full load. Felt pretty good to save him from buying a new machine. Anyone else ever fix something old just by finding a bad solder joint?

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lee_barnes701mo ago

Ever find a problem like that on a dryer too? I had an old Maytag that wouldn't heat up until I found a cracked solder joint on the heating element relay... reflowed it with a cheap iron and it ran for another five years. It's amazing how many times that little trick keeps old appliances out of the dump.

emma_young1mo ago

Totally found the same thing on my old Kenmore, reflowed the main board and it worked like new!