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Thread Number: 45075
Maytag DE406-01 dryer still heating after stopping |
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| Post# 660872 , Reply# 1 2/17/2013 at 20:50 (4,075 days old) by arbilab (Ft Worth TX (Ridglea)) | ||
Maytag experts here--I'm not one--but the door should not be popping open. Check/replace the latch.
When it pops open, does the motor continue running too? Yes would suggest the relative vacuum in the drum holding the door switch closed, which isn't terribly alarming. No would suggest only the hi-limit thermostat is preventing damage or disaster from heat with no air flow AND as you already suspected, a problem with the centrif switch. | ||
Post# 660874 , Reply# 2 2/17/2013 at 21:05 (4,075 days old) by wayupnorth  (On a lake between Bangor and Bar Harbor, Maine) |
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My LDE 410 series 01 has done it on occasion when opening the door but as soon as the timer is on the double click off, its off. But I never leave either one going without being right here during the day and wide awake and thats good advice. Several people barely escaped a dryer fire near here recently and it was supposidly less than a year old and someone put a load in and went to bed, not a good idea.
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| Post# 660917 , Reply# 4 2/18/2013 at 10:19 (4,074 days old) by trock859 () | ||
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Also, the latch seems OK and holds pretty tight. | ||
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Post# 660919 , Reply# 5 2/18/2013 at 10:37 (4,074 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md) |
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MT Dryer That Will Not Stop Heating When Door IS Opened | ||
| Post# 660965 , Reply# 6 2/18/2013 at 15:35 (4,074 days old) by arbilab (Ft Worth TX (Ridglea)) | ||
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The centrif switch is sticking. Please sort that before something bad happens.
Depending on features there can be 2 operating thermos, one for high ~160F and one for low ~130F. Then there is always a hi-limit thermo ~180F. The operating 'stats are typically in the exhaust air stream so they read the drum/load temp. The limit 'stat is in the supply air stream reading the temp of the heat chamber and in the normal life of the dryer, never trips. With the centrif switch stuck, the limit 'stat is all that's keeping the dryer from catching fire when the door opens while the timer still has time on it. Even with the limit 'stat working perfectly, under these conditions the life of the heat element will be shortened. (Temps given are ballpark examples.) | ||
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Post# 660975 , Reply# 7 2/18/2013 at 16:25 (4,074 days old) by Kenmore71 (Minneapolis, MN) |
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The DE406 only had 1 cycling thermostat and one high-limit thermostat. All of the 06 series dryers used only one drying temp. The previous generation of HOH dryers and the next generation of Big Load dryers offered multiple temps but not the 06 series.
The door popping open on a 6 series HOH is something I have never experienced personally. | ||
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Post# 661010 , Reply# 9 2/18/2013 at 19:20 (4,074 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md) |
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MT Dryer That Will Not Stop Heating When Door IS Opened | ||
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Post# 661013 , Reply# 10 2/18/2013 at 19:36 (4,074 days old) by Kenmore71 (Minneapolis, MN) |
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| Post# 1140257 , Reply# 11 1/24/2022 at 15:21 (812 days old) by thatwasherguy (Kentucky) | ||
Update...
As trock859’s son, I feel I owe it to you to tell the sad ending of this story. They still used the dryer for a while, they just unplugged it when they weren’t using it. That switch wasn’t why they got rid of it, however. The reason was the fact that the transmission in the matching A-108 washer blew up about 3 1/2 months after this thread was posted. (Both went to the scrapyard 😭). If you read my profile, you’ll see the story on the replacement washer, and the fact that I now have another vintage Maytag set. I prefer to know how this sort of thread ends, even if it is sad. I know you probably do, too, so I figured I’d tell you how it ended.
Thatwasherguy. CLICK HERE TO GO TO thatwasherguy's LINK | ||
| Post# 1140258 , Reply# 12 1/24/2022 at 16:48 (812 days old) by Repairguy (Danbury, Texas) | ||
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