Whirlpool AK478 / NB Electric oven

Some limited ressources on this appliance.

Last updated: 06/2023



Official documentation

[User manual] [FR][EN]

[Service manual] [FR][EN]

Teardown / Photos

Unfortunately no teardown guide photo. I do not live in the appartment that contained this particular oven.

Identified Bill of material

Issues and solutions

Resistor short to ground: Symptoms: oven turns on, starting cooking program turns on light and fan, but trips residual current interruptor when the resistor presumably turns on. Use the various program to determine whether the top or bottom resistor is affected. High but no infinite resistance between chassis ground and resistor internal wire (accessible via cable harness), but might be fine while not hot. Solution: replace resistor.

Relay contact fail-open: Symptoms: no heating in the bottom or top resistor, despite everything seemingly working as expected. Solution: replace relay.

TODO

There is a top window and visible/IR (?) diode presumably for diagnostic without opening the appliance. Reverse the protocol.