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klhouse



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Electrical wiring question. Refrigerator light.
#23940724 - 12/19/16 04:10 PM (7 years, 1 month ago) |
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My mom's fridge light went out and the damn replacement is over $300 (LED) Part # W10289592 Input 100-240v
I have seen cheaper but still over $120
I want to wire in a regular bulb light. There is a 4 prong connection with a red, black, blue and brown wire. I know the red is positive and the black is ground, what do I do with the other wires--most of the replacement bulb is wired with two wires.
I think brown is positive and blue is ground/neutral. Would I splice them red/brown and black/blue?
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Re: Electrical wiring question. Refrigerator light. [Re: klhouse] 1
#23940750 - 12/19/16 04:21 PM (7 years, 1 month ago) |
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Blue and brown is probably for dimming, which wasnt used for this application (obviously lol) so you dont need to worry about them. The problem is that you cant wire a bulb to it becuase led's use dc so the red and black wire is actually connected to a driver that converts ac. You can easily find led's that are cheap and can be wired discretely.
Can you post a pic and include specs for that particular light and your fridge? I can look for a suitable light with that info
Must be an expensive fridge
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klhouse



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Re: Electrical wiring question. Refrigerator light. [Re: Kenetic]
#23940815 - 12/19/16 04:45 PM (7 years, 1 month ago) |
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If you Google-- W10289592 Whirlpool, you will find it and click on images for pic.
Thanks for help.
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klhouse



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Re: Electrical wiring question. Refrigerator light. [Re: klhouse]
#23940817 - 12/19/16 04:45 PM (7 years, 1 month ago) |
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If it is DC could i put in a car light?
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Re: Electrical wiring question. Refrigerator light. [Re: klhouse] 3
#23961910 - 12/28/16 04:35 AM (7 years, 1 month ago) |
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klhouse said: If it is DC could i put in a car light?
If the driver is not part of the lamp module but is located elsewhere in the fridge (as the wiring suggests), then the issue is that the fridge will supply a fixed current to the light and that amount of power will be insufficient to light a regular incandescent bulb. The easiest way out would be to replace the LEDs in the original module with new ones. However, that's assuming that it's the actual LEDs that have died and that's sort of unlikely as they are rated for many many thousands of burning hours. It's much more likely that the driver or the door switch have kicked the bucket, so your first priority would be to establish which part actually died before you start replacing stuff. Having a simple multimeter on hand would be very useful.
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Re: Electrical wiring question. Refrigerator light. [Re: klhouse]
#24067743 - 02/05/17 02:31 PM (6 years, 11 months ago) |
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I don't know exactly I mostly work on cars but I'm guessing something is connected to the equivalent of an accessory light
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Re: Electrical wiring question. Refrigerator light. [Re: del_phoenix] 2
#24067745 - 02/05/17 02:32 PM (6 years, 11 months ago) |
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I would start by using a multimeter to see the voltage on each of the connections when the door is open and closed
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