Am I the only one who flipped on used control boards after the shop talk at the supply house in Gary?

Reese Taylor · 2026-10-20T15:40:03.808442+00:00

Spent 20 minutes in line at the parts counter in Gary last Thursday and got into it with an old timer who swears by pulling boards from the boneyard. I always wrote off used control boards as a gamble, too many mystery faults, and I said so. He shrugged and said he's been doing it 30 years and keeps a tester rig on his bench, checks voltage on every pin before it goes in a machine. That got me. Started pulling boards from a couple dead units in my own scrap pile instead of ordering new, tested them right, and 3 out of 4 worked fine. Saved a customer about $180 on a dryer fix last week. Part of me still worries about a comeback call though. Anybody got a system for testing pulls before they trust them in a customer's house?

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