[SOLVED] Repair thermoelectric cooler with FX101B PSU

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Theodor613

Joined Aug 19, 2024
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Hi everyone,
New here.
I have a Frigidaire ffwc18l2qb with a FX101B board. Replaced nearly all the capacitor and the cooler is cooling again. But I am also seeing a temperature of 99 on the display still.
I measured the 2 thermistor and the good one was reading 9.82k ohms and the other is 30-31mega ohms.
Does any one know the correct value of the thermistor?

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wayneh

Joined Sep 9, 2010
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... the other is 30-31mega ohms.
That's almost certainly a failure and is essentially "open", like a blown fuse. With no other information to go on, I'd start by trying a thermistor similar to the good one.

But, how sure are you that was a thermistor and not in fact a thermal fuse? Pictures might help us help you.
 

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Theodor613

Joined Aug 19, 2024
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That's almost certainly a failure and is essentially "open", like a blown fuse. With no other information to go on, I'd start by trying a thermistor similar to the good one.

But, how sure are you that was a thermistor and not in fact a thermal fuse? Pictures might help us help you.
Do you where the thermal fuse is located on the board/boards?
Nothing on the board seems to be burnt/blown or leaking but after reading on the successful repair thread, I decided to try and replace the capacitors. That helped bring back the cooling but the temperature was still reading 99f.
The wine cooler is a dual zone unit. The thermistors are 2 separate colors, one white and one black. The white is the top zone and the black is the bottom zone.
I had unplugged them and placed both in the same area and took a resistance reading. See first post.
I then plugged the bottom thermistor into the top zone and it read 99f.
I’ve just placed an order for some 10k thermistor. Hopefully that’ll solve the temperature reading issue.
Then it’ll only be an issue of routing the new wires.
 

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Theodor613

Joined Aug 19, 2024
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Received the 10k thermistor in the mail. Installed and routed through. Temps are nearly identical to the top zone now. Has been running for the past 5 hours. Temps are holding and it is nicely cooled.
 
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