Thread Number: 34631
Maytag Dryer De808--Pilot light??? |
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Post# 519379 , Reply# 1   5/20/2011 at 19:27 (4,696 days old) by rp2813 (Sannazay)   |   | |
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I'll hazard a guess, depending on your dryer's age. I'm doing this from distant memory so I don't know the exact location of the pilot's flame.
If you open the access panel at the bottom, you should see the gas valve with related pilot assembly, and a (usually) red lever. That red lever is key to lighting the pilot. I recommend using a long wand type of lighter for this. Pull the red lever down and hold it. Flick on the lighter and if you can't find the small tube that runs the pilot, just wave it around in that general area and you should get the pilot to light. Continue holding the red lever for about a minute, then let go and the pilot should stay lit.
If your dryer doesn't look like I described behind the panel, you'll need to wait for somebody else to chime in. |
Post# 519384 , Reply# 2   5/20/2011 at 20:13 (4,696 days old) by rb ()   |   | |
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Hmmmmm....that seems to be part of the issue, I don't see any levers or any springs to compress. I am wondering if it has a glow bar? |
Post# 519412 , Reply# 3   5/20/2011 at 22:28 (4,696 days old) by Kenmore71 (Minneapolis, MN)   |   | |
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That's a Big-Door SOH dryer. If I'm not mistaken, those should have electronic ignition. I thought the last Maytags to use a pilot light were the 1975 HOH *06 models.
My best guess as to the problem is that there is either a large amount of air that got into the line when it was turned off and back on or that some debris in the line was shifted loose and is causing a blockage. Your best and safest bet for either problem is to call the gas company and have them come out and make sure that gas is actually getting to the dryer. |
Post# 519434 , Reply# 4   5/21/2011 at 00:17 (4,696 days old) by cornutt (Huntsville, AL USA)   |   | |
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Is it possible that a valve in the line going to the dryer was shut off when the gas was turned off? |
Post# 519532 , Reply# 5   5/21/2011 at 15:21 (4,695 days old) by goatfarmer (South Bend, home of Champions)   |   | |
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Post# 519534 , Reply# 6   5/21/2011 at 15:55 (4,695 days old) by qsd-dan (West)   |   | |
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Post# 519535 , Reply# 7   5/21/2011 at 16:05 (4,695 days old) by 3beltwesty ()   |   | |
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Post# 519557 , Reply# 8   5/21/2011 at 18:03 (4,695 days old) by goatfarmer (South Bend, home of Champions)   |   | |
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Post# 519572 , Reply# 10   5/21/2011 at 19:05 (4,695 days old) by Kenmore71 (Minneapolis, MN)   |   | |
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Post# 519574 , Reply# 11   5/21/2011 at 19:15 (4,695 days old) by goatfarmer (South Bend, home of Champions)   |   | |
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Post# 519706 , Reply# 12   5/22/2011 at 11:59 (4,694 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md)   |   | |
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If the lint filter is in the back of the drum it has a pilot that must be manually lit when the gas is turned back on. If the lint filter is just inside the door it does not have a pilot light that can be lit[ DO NOT ATTEMPT to light anything ]. It could as suggested that you have air in the line, if you let it run for 30 minutes it will probably clear it self. Otherwise if the other gas appliances work in the house and the gas to the dryer is turned on you need a repair person. Non-heating gas dryers are usually not a serious problem and if the machine is in otherwise good condition are usually worth fixing. |
Post# 520456 , Reply# 14   5/25/2011 at 19:56 (4,691 days old) by Volvoguy87 (Cincinnati, OH)   |   | |
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Post# 520458 , Reply# 15   5/25/2011 at 20:03 (4,691 days old) by rb ()   |   | |
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Dave, I don't know the answer to your first question (I am a novice with gas dryers), and no, nothing is glowing behind the access panel. |
Post# 520459 , Reply# 16   5/25/2011 at 20:07 (4,691 days old) by Volvoguy87 (Cincinnati, OH)   |   | |
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There is an electric ignitor down there. It's supposed to glow white hot, then the gas valve opens, and it ignites the gas. Once the flame sensor detects the heat of the flame, the ignitor turns off and the gas valve remains open.
Does this dryer have a thermal fuse that could go out? Might the ignitor be faulty, or could it be something else? Dave |
Post# 520468 , Reply# 17   5/25/2011 at 20:34 (4,691 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md)   |   | |
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Post# 520473 , Reply# 19   5/25/2011 at 20:39 (4,691 days old) by rb ()   |   | |
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Post# 520475 , Reply# 20   5/25/2011 at 20:45 (4,691 days old) by Volvoguy87 (Cincinnati, OH)   |   | |
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Post# 520476 , Reply# 21   5/25/2011 at 20:49 (4,691 days old) by rb ()   |   | |
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Well, then. That might be the problem. I think when the dryer first wasn't working, my husband touched it trying to clear the webs from inside the bottom of the dryer. |
Post# 520503 , Reply# 23   5/25/2011 at 23:27 (4,691 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md)   |   | |
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Are not affected by skin oils, in fact you can pour oil on them and it just will just burn off without any harm. Dave I think you are thinking of not touching halogen light bulbs. Dryer ignators are the same as gas oven ignitors and the broiler ignitor in many gas ovens gets splashed with grease and never causes a problem. I don't know where these crazy ideas get started but this is the first time I ever heard this one LOl. |
Post# 520777 , Reply# 27   5/27/2011 at 07:37 (4,689 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md)   |   | |
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Yes 3BW and others I should have said that the ignitors are extremely fragile and they can be easily broken with just finger pressure. But I still maintain that finger oils will not hurt them, years ago I dipped one in old transmission oil and reinstalled it on a dryer to see what would happen and as one might expect it made a cloud of smoke and went on working perfectly. Gas dryer ignitors have a very long life well in excess of 20 years of very heavy use is the norm. In fact I drought that 1 in 20 gas dryers will ever need a replacement ignitor in thier lifetime. |
Post# 520909 , Reply# 29   5/27/2011 at 23:28 (4,689 days old) by westingman123 ()   |   | |
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Never underestimate the power of an English major! To think, they said we'd never do anything practical--FEH. Keith |
Post# 520911 , Reply# 30   5/27/2011 at 23:29 (4,689 days old) by appnut (TX)   |   | |
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Post# 520950 , Reply# 32   5/28/2011 at 05:08 (4,688 days old) by goatfarmer (South Bend, home of Champions)   |   | |
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