Patent ID: 8068936

Claim:
A method of controlling operation of a refrigeration appliance comprising a plurality of model variants, the plurality of model variants comprising at least a first model variant and a second model variant that are each to be provided with a control board having a common configuration, the method comprising: identifying the first model variant as being one of the plurality of model variants to be controlled; responsive to said identifying, selecting a suitable control routine from among a plurality of available control routines that are accessible to the control board for controlling operation of the plurality of model variants, the plurality of available control routines comprising at least a first control routine to be executed for controlling operation of a portion of a refrigeration circuit provided to the first model variant and a second control routine to be executed for controlling operation of a portion of a refrigeration circuit provided to the second model variant, wherein the first control routine is different than the second control routine; and executing the first control routine to control operation of the portion of the refrigeration circuit provided to the first model variant to adjust an internal temperature of an enclosed chamber of the first model variant to a refrigerated temperature that is less than an ambient temperature in an environment of the first model variant, wherein said identifying the first model variant comprises: evaluating a configuration of a wiring harness provided to the first model variant for transmitting a control signal to the control board provided to the first model variant; and responsive to said evaluating, selecting the first model variant from among the plurality of model variants as being the one of the model variants that the control board is operatively coupled to for controlling operation of the portion of the refrigeration circuit provided to the first model variant.