Chip I have a Whirlpool side-by-side with an adaptive defrost module 6105024-REL. Freezer temps plummeted and Fridge side got warm regardless of the thermostat settings. Everything frosted up. I yanked the module and found the large electrolytic cap had failed. Replaced it and re-installed. Freezer/Fridge/defroster all began behaving again. But the icemaker refused to do anything. I checked the valve. I checked power (odd voltages to the icemaker). After two days of pondering, I pulled off the three-prong connector to the adaptive module and the icemaker began to work. I checked the resistors: 67KOhm. So clearly the module is not controlling the icemaker. It's merely sensing whether the brown wire has voltage. So the question is: Why does the adaptive module need to know whether the water line valve has power? What important function am I losing by just leaving it this way with the icemaker not connected to the adaptive module in any way? Thanks for any guidance you can offer on this. I fully understand the need for this module to sense the bimetal switch between the relay and the compressor. I fully understand the need for this module to sense the bimetal switch between the relay and the defrost coil. But there are two other connectors which are a mystery: The three-prong connector which includes the brown wire for the icemaker's water valve and another two-prong connector which I don't know where it goes. What are these for? I'm trying to gauge whether it's essential to buy a new module or just live with it the way it is. The fridge is more than ten years old already. So I'm contemplating how much more $ to invest in it.
Answer Hello Chip. As for the circuitry of the board and why it is designed that way, that would be a question for the manufacturer. We would not have that information. Sorry. They recommend if a control board fails, then you need to order and replace that board on the unit. Thank you. Read More... Answered by AppliancePartsPros.com | Wednesday, September 27, 2017