[RFI] NEW REFRIGERATOR/FREEZER from KITCHENAID

[KD7JYK DM09]

"I wouldn't be surprised if the noisy circuit has mounting holes on the 
pc board for RF suppression components that they added to pass a 
compliance test, then
left off in production."

No surprise there, if so.  20 years ago, I worked for a company 
designing much of what we use to communicate online now.  Prototype 
power supplies were designed, and tested, exceeding specs.  They were 
reviewed state-side, found good, and put into production.  Somewhere 
around 10,000 - 15,000 units were ordered to be distributed with the 
product as there was a considerable price drop at those numbers, far 
less than the FCC/CE/UL certified units from Digikey, at under $3 a pop. 
  Later, it was found out why.  ALL suppression, and filtering 
components were removed.  It was easier to send out the bad units, they 
worked, than find a legitimate supplier in Asia.  Eventually, the 
company went under, and all assets auctioned off.  God only knows where 
the garbage SMPSUs were later used.

Kurt