Thread Number: 31578
Maytag A512 getting stuck in the preliminary rinse cycle |
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Post# 476487 , Reply# 2   11/20/2010 at 14:42 (4,902 days old) by qsd-dan (West)   |   | |
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Are you sure the tub isn't going out of balance? That will cause the machine to stop. Cycling the lid re-sets the out of balance and lid switches (they're tied together). Usually, when the lid switch becomes intermittent, the machine will fill but won't agitate at the beginning of the cycle.
You can bypass the lid switch and see if your problems disappear. |
Post# 476511 , Reply# 3   11/20/2010 at 18:16 (4,902 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md)   |   | |
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I also believe that it may just be getting off balanced. You have to be very careful when you dump wet clothes in this washer to load them very evenly around the tub if you are going directly into the spin-rinse part of the cycle. It may be better to just start at the deep rinse part of the cycle and then run the clothes through a full cycle. When I was washing diapers I would run them through a cold deep rinse then a hot wash with a little bleach added in the last two or three minutes of the wash and a cold final rinse to keep any remaining bacteria from multiplying till they are completely dry. As a repair person I have done at least 5 service calls this year for MTs that stopping in mid cycle only to have to instruct the user that the machine was just off-balanced. When I was working as a sales person selling maytag and whirlpool washers in the mid 1970s I would some times ask a customer if they wanted an automatic washer or a Maytag washer. I would warn them that they may have to make two extra trips to the basement get one load through the a cycle if they had a Maytag and were washing a small or odd load.
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Post# 476629 , Reply# 4   11/21/2010 at 10:47 (4,901 days old) by darylv6 ()   |   | |
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Thanks for these. I will be more attentive to the balancing and see if that makes a difference... I'll keep you posted |