Thread Number: 62930
/ Tag: Modern Automatic Washers
Electronic Speen Queen Boards |
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Post# 854935 , Reply# 3   12/3/2015 at 23:47 (3,037 days old) by alr2903 (TN)   |   | |
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I wonder if the WP drive system is in the future plans? Art |
Post# 855014 , Reply# 4   12/4/2015 at 13:22 (3,037 days old) by johnb300m (Chicago)   |   | |
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Post# 855030 , Reply# 5   12/4/2015 at 14:46 (3,037 days old) by mrb627 (Buford, GA)   |   | |
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The board pictured is mislabeled. That is the control board from the Amana electronic pair and not the Speed Queen. Actually, any similarity to a Speed Queen machine is because Whirlpool owns Amana.
It would be funny, if Whirlpool made the boards, knowing that one of Whirlpool's shortcomings is their electronic components. Especially, when Speed Queen boasts a five year warranty on theirs... Malcolm |
Post# 855032 , Reply# 6   12/4/2015 at 14:49 (3,037 days old) by runematic (southcentral pa)   |   | |
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Post# 855297 , Reply# 7   12/6/2015 at 08:35 (3,035 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md)   |   | |
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Post# 855629 , Reply# 8   12/8/2015 at 02:17 (3,033 days old) by tolivac (greenville nc)   |   | |
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Does SQ build their own boards? |
Post# 855630 , Reply# 9   12/8/2015 at 02:22 (3,033 days old) by askolover (South of Nash Vegas, TN)   |   | |
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Post# 857064 , Reply# 10   12/17/2015 at 10:29 (3,024 days old) by Volvoguy87 (Cincinnati, OH)   |   | |
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There is a history here, and it gets complicated.
Years ago, Amana and Speed Queen had the same parent company (maybe Raytheon?). Speed Queen were geared towards the commercial market and Amana was geared toward the residential market. The Speed Queen top loading washer design and their dryer design were shared with Amana. Later on, Amana was bought by Maytag, but Maytag did not buy Speed Queen. While under Maytag ownership, Amana washers and dryers continued to be built to the Speed Queen design. Some Maytag washers and dryers were built to this design as well. These are the Maytag Legacy Series. The washer model numbers start with SAV. There are some small differences between the Speed Queen and the Amana/Maytag appliances. I don't know all of the differences, but there are a few cases where Speed Queen and Amana/Maytag parts aren't interchangeable. For the most part, the Speed Queen appliances are better, while the Amana/Maytag washers are less well built, and sometimes pretty troublesome. When Whirlpool bought out Maytag around 2006, production of the Amana/Maytag appliances using the Speed Queen designs halted. The legacy of this is that there are a lot of washers and dryers out there by both Speed Queen and Amana/Maytag that can interchange a whole lot of parts. Whirlpool still supports many of the Amana/Maytag models, and many of these Whirlpool badged parts will work in Speed Queens. Similarly, many Speed Queen parts will fit these Amana/Maytags. Many parts distributors will substitute one brand for the other, depending on which one has a higher profit margin or which brand is in stock at the time. The appliance parts company I work for does this frequently, and around 99.999% customers are none the wiser and/or just don't care. For machines using parts designed after 2006, there is no interchangeability (meaning newer designs of machines, as well as part design revisions after 2006 to older models specific to Speed Queen or Amana/Maytag). Bear in mind that there is no formal relationship between Whirlpool and Speed Queen. Clear as mud? Dave |