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Maytag lid switch |
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Post# 480780   12/10/2010 at 14:06 (4,856 days old) by akronman (Akron/Cleveland Ohio)   |   | |
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Folks--I'm a good electrician and can wire around the lid switch to be able to watch, but I think that the same overall switch is also for unbalanced load shutoff? So I shouldn't wire around the lid switch? It's a Maytag A608 from Dec 1979, the outer tub top has some metal strips that seem to correlate with a metal tab from the underside of the lid switch, making it a single unit stopping the machine entirely if lid open OR if the tub gets out of balance.
Some expert please confirm that I should leave the switch wired correctly? So far, I've been sticking a clothespin between the open lid and that white switch, but that makes it harder for me to stop/start/watch the dial, etc. Ya know, play with my toy!! Thanks Mark |
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Post# 480782 , Reply# 1   12/10/2010 at 14:15 (4,856 days old) by toploader55 (Massachusetts Sand Bar, Cape Cod)   |   | |
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I had e-mailed qsd_dan about the same question.
Yes it can be done, but you're right. It will defeat the off balance control as well as the lid switch. His advice was to make up a "stick" or something to put between the lid and the switch. He advised against defeating the switch as if the machine goes off balance and no one is around to attended to it, the Cabinet won't get dented from the tub banging against it. Hope this helps. Eddie |
Post# 480789 , Reply# 2   12/10/2010 at 15:19 (4,856 days old) by akronman (Akron/Cleveland Ohio)   |   | |
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Post# 480814 , Reply# 3   12/10/2010 at 19:17 (4,856 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md)   |   | |
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Mark and others I would add a toggle switch on the back of the control panel or other inconspicuous place and just wire across the lid switch. Then when you want watch you just flip the switch, but if you are not going to stand there and babysit the machine you just re-flip the bypass switch and the machine is back to factory normal operation.
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Post# 480819 , Reply# 4   12/10/2010 at 19:35 (4,856 days old) by queeny77 (BERWYN, ILLINOIS)   |   | |
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Post# 480925 , Reply# 5   12/11/2010 at 09:00 (4,855 days old) by redcarpetdrew (Fairfield, CA)   |   | |
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I agree with Combo. The toggleswitch (not to be confused with Toggles...) will work for those midnight clotheswatching sessions but make sure it's heavy enough rated in terms of amps since this switch will be controlling the motor. If you don't want to drill a hole, use some wire and make a little box to mount on the wall behind it...
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Post# 481013 , Reply# 7   12/11/2010 at 15:15 (4,855 days old) by LaundraMatt (Youngstown, Ohio)   |   | |
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A book of matches works great. |
Post# 481017 , Reply# 8   12/11/2010 at 15:49 (4,855 days old) by qsd-dan (West)   |   | |
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Post# 481018 , Reply# 9   12/11/2010 at 16:12 (4,855 days old) by Tomturbomatic (Beltsville, MD)   |   | |
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"2 quarters and a penny is what I used on the Maytag as a kid." It gives a whole new meaning to the term coin op laundry. |
Post# 481051 , Reply# 10   12/11/2010 at 20:34 (4,855 days old) by yogitunes (New Jersey)   |   | |
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Thats why I hated Maytags as a kid, they were about the only machine that did not at least wash with the lid open.....and I loved my sisters ST SQ with the lid switch in the front corner that my finger fit into to watch it spin....stupid as I was I thought the water was sucked out from under the agitator during the spin because of the gurgle it made as the water was actually sucked out from under the agitator, flowing over top of the tub......brain dead
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Post# 481064 , Reply# 11   12/11/2010 at 20:57 (4,855 days old) by toploader55 (Massachusetts Sand Bar, Cape Cod)   |   | |
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