Model Number: 630.16303406
Brand: Sears Kenmore
Age: More than 10 years
Howdy,
New guy here....
So, I have this old dishwasher that worked fine up until a few days ago, at which point I started to smell "burning" when it ran. Today I removed the cover to the Terminal Block/Box and found smoke/burn marks on the inside of the cover and two of the three wires to the TB completely burned off at the connection point.
From all appearances, the TB is simply a connection point; nothing more. So it seems to me it can't really break, in the sense that it has no electronics or other equipment that could be damaged by an electrical surge or the like...which means that there is nothing to repair and nothing to replace.
In fact, my take is that it would be the first component next in line after the TB that would've taken the brunt of whatever happened here. And that component would be ??? what? And is that repairable and/or replaceable?
Now, I realize that given the age of the dishwasher (best guess is 25 years) that fixing this thing, if possible, is likely not a wise use of time, energy and money. Still, I would like to get competent feedback as to if this situation is repairable. And, if so, how far and wide might I have to go to fix it.
Thank you very kindly.
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