Whirlpool stove code F2
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Whirlpool stove code F2
I tried searching on 'Code F2' before posting thinking it may be somewhat common. While boiling potatoes the F2 with a tone started. The only way to extinguish it was to turn of the stove's receptacle breaker. I turned it back on in a few minutes - it returned. I turned it off again for about 35 minutes, after turning it back on so far it hasn't returned. I was able to set the clock but have not yet tried the burners.
Per some research F2 means there's a short in the touch pad. This occurred maybe about 8-12 months ago, a brief reset of the breaker resolved it. Don't know whether this is relevant, but this time I had a cover on the pot and quite a bit of steam was being omitted as I should have reduced the temperature of the burner. Probably not - as the key pad and controls are probably designed to withstand steam and heat. I wonder - if it happens again, would disconnecting the keypad still allow use of the burners? Not a huge deal if I didn't have use of the oven for a while.
Per some research F2 means there's a short in the touch pad. This occurred maybe about 8-12 months ago, a brief reset of the breaker resolved it. Don't know whether this is relevant, but this time I had a cover on the pot and quite a bit of steam was being omitted as I should have reduced the temperature of the burner. Probably not - as the key pad and controls are probably designed to withstand steam and heat. I wonder - if it happens again, would disconnecting the keypad still allow use of the burners? Not a huge deal if I didn't have use of the oven for a while.
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as the key pad and controls are probably designed to withstand steam and heat.
I don't know how you'd easily unplug the keypad. Are you going to leave the control area open ?
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Not sure at the moment. If I could unplug the keypad I would just do that and leave it in for now. The stove isn't that old - 2005. Like the front loading washer I had it's another premature electronic failure.
Seems like appliances made many years ago with basic electrical controls ran years longer before any trouble, and it was usually a mechanical failure..
Seems like appliances made many years ago with basic electrical controls ran years longer before any trouble, and it was usually a mechanical failure..
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Today used one of the burners on the stove top without any trouble. It was one of the front ones, and wasn't boiling this time. I wish I remembered what happened the first time I got the F2 code about a year ago.