thanks for the encouraging words, i need them at this point! see the two copper connectors in the middle,
http://www.pcappliancerepair.com/cgi...7134&brand=WPL
they don't pass a current on my old part so i assume that it was not the defective part, but it does not pass anything on the new part either so i guess its not supposed to, the silver end pieces do though, on both the old and the new.