I was given an old 2017 smart fridge that has 3 PCB boards in back. 1. The mains board, 2. The "Inverter Board", and 3. The system board. All the controls on the front panel work, the thermostats appear to be sending signal properly, and all the lights inside the fridge turn on when its plugged in! wow..
anyway, it needs a new compressor, $150, and the inverter board LED is dead.
I understand om my hacking... that the Inverter board LED sends a coded flash sequence that tells you what's wrong with the fridge when everything is hooked up to the mains and properly grounded.
Because I don't know anything about this fridge other than it was free and it all lights up like a christmas tree, and because my kegerator compressor failed and this one is destined to be my Hojo of all keggerators, I would like to get it up and running properly.
Inside the electronics compartment, there are a pair of connectors that aren't connected to anything. One is a pair, the other has 3 or 5 pins. I would assume they probably have something to do with the reason I can't get any support for the fridge from Samsung, like maybe a Smart module that proved the next door neighbor kids hacking was better than the Samsung engineers network security, or a terminal store memory for the Samsung repair guy to download function for product betterment or something. Anyway. I can't get any support at all.
The fact is that this kind of thing is why our country is failing. Non-Support. There is a law that says that if you build something, you are responsible for it. But I'm not trying to get Samsung to pay for the problem. I'm trying to get my beer cold! So I will assume that you understand the situation, and go from here...
I would probably need a doctorate in electronics or will have one before I am finished with this project or something.
So starting out-
BIG QUESTION THEN
How do I test the inverter board, if there are components missing that I don't know about?
anyway, it needs a new compressor, $150, and the inverter board LED is dead.
I understand om my hacking... that the Inverter board LED sends a coded flash sequence that tells you what's wrong with the fridge when everything is hooked up to the mains and properly grounded.
Because I don't know anything about this fridge other than it was free and it all lights up like a christmas tree, and because my kegerator compressor failed and this one is destined to be my Hojo of all keggerators, I would like to get it up and running properly.
Inside the electronics compartment, there are a pair of connectors that aren't connected to anything. One is a pair, the other has 3 or 5 pins. I would assume they probably have something to do with the reason I can't get any support for the fridge from Samsung, like maybe a Smart module that proved the next door neighbor kids hacking was better than the Samsung engineers network security, or a terminal store memory for the Samsung repair guy to download function for product betterment or something. Anyway. I can't get any support at all.
The fact is that this kind of thing is why our country is failing. Non-Support. There is a law that says that if you build something, you are responsible for it. But I'm not trying to get Samsung to pay for the problem. I'm trying to get my beer cold! So I will assume that you understand the situation, and go from here...
I would probably need a doctorate in electronics or will have one before I am finished with this project or something.
So starting out-
BIG QUESTION THEN
How do I test the inverter board, if there are components missing that I don't know about?