Replacement light for Whirlpool fridge costs a FORTUNE (vacuum, appliance, lights)
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The main light in my Whirlpool fridge died (started flashing like a 70s strobe light) and the replacement (part number is W10515058) is shockingly expensive. There are also 2 more lights (freezer/crisper) with a similar part number (W10515057) and those are flashing too.
Buying direct from Whirlpool, the main light is $243 and the other two are $132. Ridiculous. There are other vendors, but they look shaky. I don't want to buy the set for $143 on Amazon only to have the lights die again in a few months.
Any advice? I'm looking for a middle ground, a fair price from a reputable dealer.
IIRC, those are 12 volt, powered from the same source. If ONE of them fails (shorts out), the other two will not work properly. I would remove one of the three, if that didn't work to make the other two function properly, I'd replace it and remove another, if that didn't work I'd remove THAT one and see what happened.
To go cheap, I'd go to a dollar store and buy a LED push on lamp. and use it instead. To go slightly less cheap, I just wouldn't replace the defective one. To go slightly less cheap than that, I'd find an LED and the proper resistor to bring the voltage into line and make a new circuit board for that lamp (but I recognize most don't have that knowledge). To go less cheap than that, I'd buy batteries or a 12 vt power supply and isolate the circuit (again recognizing most folks don't have the chops). To go less cheap than that, I'd find the exact replacement LED or resistor involved, get them and solder them in place. As a last resort, I'd buy the one replacement lamp I needed.
Welcome to the world of the new century plus a few years. Be thankful that a failed LED circuit does not require purchase of a new refrigerator.
Be thankful that a failed LED circuit does not require purchase of a new refrigerator.
I'm all but done with modern appliances.
Cost me $4.00 for a replacement bulb on an IH fridge made in 1954. Been running like a top all that time- just pull it out, vacuum the compressor area and add oil if needed.
Cost me $4.00 for a replacement bulb on an IH fridge made in 1954. Been running like a top all that time- just pull it out, vacuum the compressor area and add oil if needed.
Cost me $4.00 for a replacement bulb on an IH fridge made in 1954. Been running like a top all that time- just pull it out, vacuum the compressor area and add oil if needed.
I would LOVE a refrigerator that looked like this. Sadly, everything now is made to be "disposable" and fill up our landfills
What's even funnier is that the compressor that IH used is marked 'Tight Wad'- farmers were cost conscious and these suckers use very little juice compared to the mega stupid fridge we're getting rid of.
Cost me $4.00 for a replacement bulb on an IH fridge made in 1954. Been running like a top all that time- just pull it out, vacuum the compressor area and add oil if needed.
Nice refrigerator. Reminds me of the one my parents had - and about as empty as that one as well!
Mine is a 25 cu ft model and often full. I'm fortunate to be able to handle most appliance repairs on my own, but I fully understand your pride in ownership of that one. Well done.
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