The oven portion on my Whirlpool stove is not working and has a code of PF, which I am assuming means power failure. The range works fine. I paid a technician 60.00 to diagnose the electronic control piece. I ordered it from APP and installed, however that did not fix the problem. Does anyone have any suggestions? Is it maybe the control panel? I hate to just throw expensive parts at it…Does anyone have the wiring diagram?
According to the manufacturer [B]Service pointer[/B], the correction is to install the ferrite bead kit to reduce line interference (electrical noise) from the direct spark ignition module.
You also may want to make sure there is nothing wrong with the wall outlet and the circuit breaker for the range. Would not heart to install a power surge protector for the range (even better for a whole house).
- The ferrite bead kit (comes with the installation instructions) AP3593684
Here are the breakdown diagrams and http://www.appliancepartspros.com/partsearch/model.aspx?model_id=5137453
Gene.
Gene said:
According to the manufacturer [B]Service pointer[/B], the correction is to install the ferrite bead kit to reduce line interference (electrical noise) from the direct spark ignition module.
- The ferrite bead kit (comes with the installation instructions) AP3593684
Gene.
Hi, Gene & Company - the instructions aren’t very clear.
I hope you can clarify them for me/ everyone.
Is the ferrite bead intended to cover BOTH the wire harness (leaving the spark module from one side of the board) AND the 6 spark wires (leaving the spark module from the other side, on their way to ignitors).
Or is it just intended to cover the wire harness without covering the 6 spark wires?
Thanks in advance’
D.
This instructions made by Whirlpool. Sometimes their instructions are not very clear or even mistaken but not this one.
It is specifically written in the installation instructions (steps 5 & 6): "main wire harness" and "going to the spark module". On the other side it says nothing about any wires "leaving the spark module".
Gene.
Thank you for your good words!
I believe Whirlpool engineers did deep investigation regarding this problem before they offered this solution. I do not think that more ferrite bead should be used.
If your range is made after March of 2004, then that possible electrical noise more likely was already fixed.
Gene.
I am having the same issue, Whirlpool Oven GW395LEPS03 (came with our new house in 2007) control panel displays "PF". The top stoves work, the clock and oven light work, but none of the buttons on the control panel works. Turing on/off the circuit breaker didn’t help.
I read this post but unfortunately no one is saying if the ferrite bead kit actually fixed his/her problem. I know this is an old post, but I hope someone will reply. Thanks.