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I did something similar for a dryer. Even identified the part that failed.

I bought the part-number equivalent part and the prongs didn't fit in the slot. I spent 45 minutes carefully filing down/snipping the prongs to fit the enclosure. Been 5? years without an issue.

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SoftTalker 6 days ago | parent [-]

Did you get the part on Amazon? I've had really bad luck with third party parts from Amazon. I always pay a bit more for OE or OEM parts now.

	▲	vel0city 6 days ago \| parent \| next [-]
		I generally try to avoid Amazon as much as I can these days. Unless I know some supplier only really sells through Amazon I try and buy directly or use another retailer. Far too hard to tell if I'm buying something legit or not.
	▲	dgfitz 6 days ago \| parent \| prev \| next [-]
		I don’t remember. Probably.
	▲	inglor_cz 6 days ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		Once upon a time (more than 5 years ago), I bought a small Bluetooth USB on Amazon that also required some manual work before I was able to stick it into a normal USB port... it was very slightly more massive and careful filing took care of it. One would expect that there is nothing more standard than USB-A. Nope. There is an exception for every rule.