[Free] How to Decipher Schematics like a Pro!

[Son of Samurai]

 We hope you enjoy this free workshop and that it helps make you a better appliance tech. This workshop will be available to the public for free through this month. After that, we'll remove this one and post a new free featured workshop selected from our vast repository of appliance repair training workshop videos.

If you're currently a professional appliance repair tech, these workshop videos will improve your understanding of electric circuits and appliance technology and up your troubleshooting game. If you're a DIYer or considering getting into the appliance repair trade (great choice!), these workshops will kick your training into high gear.

If you would like a more structured, step-by-step, training experience, enroll today at the Master Samurai Tech Appliance Repair School. One of the benefits of enrolling at Master Samurai Tech is that you get a free 6-month professional membership here at Appliantology which gives you access to all the workshops, the tech forums, and the service manual downloads. If you get certified in our Core Appliance Repair Training Course, you get a free annual professional membership at Appliantology. See details on this page. 

Now, on to the workshop! 

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 In this recording from a Live Dojo, we were workshopping a real-world problem on a Kitchenaid refrigerator posted at Appliantology. We were interested in how the defrost timer motor gets Line and Neutral in both defrost and run modes. Turns out that doing so required that we also understand the rest of the circuit, including the dumbed down "PC board". 

In this short little half hour video, Son of Samurai shows you the process of deciphering a schematic so you can figure out how your load of interest is supposed to get its power supply. He shows you how he used the schematic, specifications, the parts manual, and pictures of the parts all together to figure out how the entire electrical control of this refrigerator. Along the way, you'll learn about the famous "loads in series" configuration and how a load can feed Neutral (or Line) to another load all by design.  

Focus on the process for figuring it out, not the answer. Understanding the process will empower you to figure out almost any electrical problem you face on service calls.