On Sep 22, 6:09*am, bpuharic wrote:
in the last 3 years i bought a GE refrigerator, a Jenn Air oven and a
whirlpool dishwasher.

within 2 years, ALL of them blew out their control boards. *anyone
have any idea what's up with all this? who the hell needs control
boards in refrigerators or dishwashers or ovens? this is ridiculous
and seems to be an effort by companies to create repair business.

It does seem like you have bad luck with these. I'd suspect power
issues though most of them have switching power supplies these days
and can take a lot of abuse. I think you can get ovens and fridges
that are still mechanical but I'm not so sure about dishwashers. They
will be the "cheap" models though.

Control boards replacing mechnical controls statistically is more
reliable. Any time you replace moving parts with electronic ones the
outcome is generally better. It also allows for more features that
would not have been possible otherwise. It is also cheaper to
produce. Don't expect it to change.