Speaking of electronics—I lost the control board on our Whirlpool dishwasher twice. Once was under warranty, the second wasn’t. The cost of the repair was over $200, so I opted to buy a new dishwasher at about $450.00.
The repairman told me that electrical power surges kill boards these days, as they all made in China with components that are not as stout as they were 15-20 years ago—ie, cheap pieces of crap.
We had power outages and surges in our area, so I had an electrician install a surge arrestor at the panel.
It acts like a surge protector for the entire home.
It is basically a strong circuit breaker that takes a second literally to install(if you know what you are doing), at the top of the panel, with a green diode light to tell you it is functioning.
I say all this because appliances today all have electronic controls and power surges, brownouts, and power failures can wreck them.
A surge arrestor is a good idea, I think that I'll install one.
The repairman told me that electrical power surges kill boards these days, as they all made in China with components that are not as stout as they were 15-20 years ago—ie, cheap pieces of crap.
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Power surges are an age old excuse. The boards go bad all on their own.