Thread Number: 70264
/ Tag: Modern Automatic Washers
Maytag Washer |
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Post# 931706   4/10/2017 at 20:41 (2,570 days old) by Kenmore_Elite (Cal)   |   | |
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I was at Lowes 2 years ago and saw a Maytag washer on sale in the dented and dinged appliance aisle. I don't have the model number with me. It was sitting there... all lonely and abandoned because everybody wants the new lo-water washers that have an electronic brain in them. Not me. So nobody wanted this poor little Maytag, which had NO dents or scratches. Lowes had $350 on it and I asked to speak with a manager and got it for $275. What I LOVE about it is it does NOT have a darn chip or a computer brain in it to go bad (AS THEY WILL!). It's got the nice old rotary switch which will last forever. And it has an extra rinse cycle. Yum. I love two rinse cycles. And a Deep Water wash option--fill it up with water to the top. Love it.
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Post# 931721 , Reply# 1   4/10/2017 at 21:47 (2,570 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md)   |   | |
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Post# 931727 , Reply# 2   4/10/2017 at 22:09 (2,570 days old) by Kenmore_Elite (Cal)   |   | |
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Post# 931731 , Reply# 3   4/10/2017 at 22:32 (2,570 days old) by Yogitunes (New Jersey)   |   | |
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Post# 931733 , Reply# 4   4/10/2017 at 22:40 (2,570 days old) by ea56 (Cotati, Calif.)   |   | |
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I believe that I may have the same washer or one very similar to it. It is a Maytag Centennial MVWC415EW, and this machine does have a control board. Maytag hasn't made a washer with an electro-mechanical control for at least 5 or more years now. The tip of for you that your washer has a control board is as Martin say's it has a Deep Water cycle. Also if you press a button to start it and there is a series of lights that light up along the bottom of the control panel during operation, it has a control board.
But don't despair, this is really a very good washer, and if you read the owners manual, and use it per instructions you should be very happy with it. Eddie |
Post# 931735 , Reply# 5   4/10/2017 at 23:00 (2,570 days old) by Kenmore_Elite (Cal)   |   | |
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You guys may be right--it sounds like you know more about these things than me. But... it was actually 4 years ago I bought it--so it might be possible it was an old stock washer at Lowes--it was definitely the last one they had in that type. Unfortunately I'm in Cal. on a job and the washer is in Missouri. Also... I am absolutely positive it does not have the row of lights across under the dial, and I also don't think it has the deep water option. I was looking at pictures of the Maytags online and hoping mine had the deep water option, because it sounded neat, but actually I'm not so sure it does. When I have used it, the main dial DOES sound and turn like an electro-mechanical dial. I will continue to hope it is what I think it is. But thanks for the input. I do appreciate it. If it is indeed computer controlled with chips and 'puter boards I might just have to come back to this Thread and eat crow.
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Post# 931736 , Reply# 6   4/10/2017 at 23:05 (2,570 days old) by ea56 (Cotati, Calif.)   |   | |
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If the dial has a "clickatiy" noise when you turn it and you can feel small clicks close together as you turn it, and you either pull or push the dial to start the washer, then I would say you are correct, its electro-mechanically controlled. And if it was really old stock 2 years ago its possible. Post a photo when you get home. Someone here will know for sure.
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Post# 931739 , Reply# 7   4/10/2017 at 23:36 (2,570 days old) by Kenmore_Elite (Cal)   |   | |
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Post# 931746 , Reply# 8   4/11/2017 at 00:16 (2,570 days old) by DADoES (TX, U.S. of A.)   |   | |
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Post# 931773 , Reply# 9   4/11/2017 at 06:41 (2,570 days old) by Yogitunes (New Jersey)   |   | |
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Post# 931858 , Reply# 10   4/11/2017 at 18:07 (2,569 days old) by murando531 (Augusta, Georgia - US)   |   | |
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Post# 932000 , Reply# 11   4/12/2017 at 12:32 (2,568 days old) by twintubdexter (Palm Springs)   |   | |
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Post# 932833 , Reply# 12   4/16/2017 at 22:59 (2,564 days old) by askolover (South of Nash Vegas, TN)   |   | |
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