On Oct 20, 4:24*pm, John Robertson wrote:
George Herold wrote:
We have a GE profile electric oven (made in 1993). * The oven stopped
working. *When you pushed the button to turn the oven on the display
just blinked. *A call to the local repair guy, “We don’t service GE
stuff, sorry”. *I wondered why at the time. *So my wife called a GE
repairman and scheduled a visit. * The day before the visit he called
to get the problem details. *“Oh”, he says, “You need a new oven
control board and GE no longer makes it.”
So GE’s idea is that I buy a new oven. *I think I might rather have
hot pokers in my eye’s than buy a GE product!
Anyway I’m sending my board off to Fixyourboard.com tomorrow, ($160
and a two year guarantee). * Now I’ve got the board sitting in front
of me, if anyone here some idea of what to try I could save the money
and time. *There are no obvious blown bits on the board, and I removed
and reinstalled *the one connector cable.
Thanks guys, *And don’t buy a GE product!
George H.
Its almost twenty years old. That is not bad for electronic items to
finally need any service. Do you drive a 1993 car, use it daily, and
expect it to not need service?
I've got a '95 Ford van that was just retired... still used to pull a
boat to the lake. An '83 Datsun (now Nissian) pickup truck that gets
work almost every weekend. (But almost always in 4WD low gear.) And
my pride and joy, a '49 Ferguson tractor. 'course there's not to many
IC's on that to fail. :^)
And I can still get parts for all those vehicles.
George H.
Manufacturers generally only stock parts for up to 5 years - after that
you are at the mercy of the aftermarket folks.
Yup that's what I'm learning.
At least you found someone willing to fix it!
John :-#)#
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