Troubleshooting a Whirlpool DSI gas range: no bake, no broil, no spark; replaced DSI board, no change

I’ve posted several troubleshooting tips in the past on Whirlpool’s finicky and temperamental Direct Spark Ignition (DSI) gas range (see this page). This one is a special case no-ignition case where you’ve ruled out the other possible causes that I’ve posted about previously and even replaced the DSI spark board in a desperate but blind […]

Whirlpool 30″ Gas Self-Cleaning Freestanding Range with Direct Spark Ignition (DSI) that Won’t Bake

This range uses the finicky and temperamental Direct Spark Ignition (DSI) system. This is a different animal from the two most common gas oven ignition systems: standing pilot and hot surface ignition. In the DSI system, when you turn on the oven, it makes a spark at the burner to ignite the gas and fire […]

Appliance Repair Tweets for Today, 2010-08-26

Frigidaire Refrigerator Model FRT21T Wiring Diagram http://flic.kr/p/8vrptg # Top Loader Washing Machine Grinding Noise – Happens during spin cycle > Video of problem inlcuded http://ht.ly/18Jb52 # Sears side by side with ICE& water in door http://ht.ly/18Jb53 # KitchenAid KEBC107KSS03 – Shattered oven door! http://ht.ly/18Jb54 # Whirlpool Gold 26 cu ft side-by-side too cold! (GS6SHEXMQ00) http://ht.ly/18Jb55 […]

Washing Machine Repair FAQ

Appliantology: Washers Preventing Washer FloodsYou put a load of dirty clothes in your washer, start it up and walk away. But something goes wrong…very wrong! Sudsing out of Your Washer Drain Stand PipeDammit! It happened again: you ran a load of wash and came back to find detergent suds all over the floor. What’s going […]

High Efficiency Detergents, Front-Loading Washers, and the Great Unwashed

If your front-loading washer sounds like the washer below during high speed spin, well, they’s big trouble in little China, Budrow. The machine above happens to be an 8-year old Whirlpool Duet washer. Why would such a (pending) catastrophic failure happen after less than 10 years of moderate use? The first reason most of us […]