Hello, I'm new here and I purchased a used Danby DKC645BLS about a year ago. I ran one keg through it no problem, and on the second keg we experienced a very bad thunder storm and had a brown out that ended up smoking/popping all of the GFCI's in the house, smoked my PC power supply, and killed my kegerator. Since then the Kegerator does not cool, and the front touch panel control isn't receptive to touch any more. The LCD lights up and displays the current temp but I can no longer adjust the temperature or change from Fahrenheit to Celsius.
I've done a good amount of lurking here before I decided to post, I've read nearly all of the Danby Kegerator improvement part II thread, and I've already done the control board bypass by jumping the red wire to the black. The compressor seems to be running, but gets hot, and the interior of the kegerator does not cool. I ordered a new temp control panel from sears parts direct, that should be here any day. And regarding the cooling...I'm thinking maybe it's low on coolant? What's involved in tapping a service port into the line?
Here's the unit-
Control board location-
unmodified control board-
modified to jump red wire to black to trigger compressor
I've done a good amount of lurking here before I decided to post, I've read nearly all of the Danby Kegerator improvement part II thread, and I've already done the control board bypass by jumping the red wire to the black. The compressor seems to be running, but gets hot, and the interior of the kegerator does not cool. I ordered a new temp control panel from sears parts direct, that should be here any day. And regarding the cooling...I'm thinking maybe it's low on coolant? What's involved in tapping a service port into the line?
Here's the unit-
Control board location-
unmodified control board-
modified to jump red wire to black to trigger compressor
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