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Slow-Blow fuse - really?
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Post# 370838   8/9/2009 at 22:22 (5,344 days old) by swestoyz (Cedar Falls, IA)        

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A strange one crossed my path recently. While scoping the machine I noticed this sticker. Put your thinking caps on - what oddball machine would this have come from?




Post# 370842 , Reply# 1   8/9/2009 at 22:26 (5,344 days old) by oldappliancenut ()        
westinghouse

My stove has one

Post# 370843 , Reply# 2   8/9/2009 at 22:27 (5,344 days old) by qsd-dan (West)        

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Definitely not a Maytag, so I'm automatically stumped. LOL

Post# 370900 , Reply# 3   8/10/2009 at 06:44 (5,344 days old) by toggleswitch2 ()        

My sister' 17+/- y.o. TOL Maytag has a fuse that was blowing regularly. When blown, it prevents the machine from filling up with water. I don't know what its funciton is. The machine was curbed due to its predilection to blow said fuse.

Post# 370920 , Reply# 4   8/10/2009 at 10:26 (5,344 days old) by swestoyz (Cedar Falls, IA)        
The machine was curbed due to its predilection to blow said

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Well Steve, did this curbed machine look something like this?

Post# 370926 , Reply# 5   8/10/2009 at 11:22 (5,344 days old) by toggleswitch2 ()        

Dayum. Did I hit it on the nose again?

No no no hers was a very modern one I bought her circa 1992.

So reveal yourself Msiter. What gives? :-)


Post# 370953 , Reply# 6   8/10/2009 at 14:06 (5,344 days old) by goatfarmer (South Bend, home of Champions)        

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I'm guessing it's a fuse for the lighted rear panel.

Post# 370983 , Reply# 7   8/10/2009 at 16:17 (5,344 days old) by surgilator_68 (Maryland)        
The machine was curbed due to its predilection to blow said

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That has got to the be silliest reason to get rid of a machine. It could have been fixed by moving 2 wires. No parts needed. Well maybe some electric tape.

It had a lid switch and a check switch. If the check switch closed before the lid switch opened it would cause a short and blow the fuse. This would happen if the switch was ever so slightly out of adjustment. It was really a dumb idea, but those engineers.....


Post# 370993 , Reply# 8   8/10/2009 at 16:34 (5,344 days old) by qsd-dan (West)        
WTH?

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We need a pic of said fuse.

Post# 371029 , Reply# 9   8/10/2009 at 19:28 (5,343 days old) by swestoyz (Cedar Falls, IA)        
WTH? - We need a pic of said fuse.

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Your wish is my command.

Photograph evidence #1


Post# 371030 , Reply# 10   8/10/2009 at 19:32 (5,343 days old) by swestoyz (Cedar Falls, IA)        

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Photographic evidence #2 -

Crazy-strange sticker on a Maytag of all things! The only thing I can guess is that the 2 speed motor is not thermally protected and relies on the fuse to protect it. No other Maytag that I know of had a fuse, in fact I would have put limbs on the line and would have lost an arm or leg with a bet on the subject prior to seeing this machine!

My 1959 two speed Kelvinator has a similar set-up.

More to come in the new few days....


Post# 371044 , Reply# 11   8/10/2009 at 21:11 (5,343 days old) by qsd-dan (West)        

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Wow, I have never seen that before! Actually, not much of anything looks familiar under the skirt of this old bird. Is this even a helical drive transmission or is it older style with the funky torque spring and t-key like AMPS's?

BTW, thanks for the pics!


Post# 371087 , Reply# 12   8/10/2009 at 23:15 (5,343 days old) by roto204 (Tucson, AZ)        
Niiiiiiiiice!

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"Said fuse" and all it comes with look pretty groovy. Can't wait to see more pics, and congratulations!!

Post# 371165 , Reply# 13   8/11/2009 at 08:23 (5,343 days old) by toggleswitch2 ()        

~The machine was curbed due to its predilection to blow said fuse. That has got to the be silliest reason to get rid of a machine.

You got that right! I was fuming angry! Especially since Brother-in-law is an electrician and it was fixable, IMHO.

*SIGH*

Washer and dryer booted to the curb. I could have cried.


Post# 371196 , Reply# 14   8/11/2009 at 11:00 (5,343 days old) by surgilator_68 (Maryland)        

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OUCH! That just makes it worse Toggle.


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