Thread Number: 10306
Maytag GDE808 Elec. Dryer - Help!! |
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Post# 189724 , Reply# 1   2/9/2007 at 01:32 (6,257 days old) by jbird68 ()   |   | |
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Here is the set. Dryer: GDE808 Washer: GA806 |
Post# 189827 , Reply# 2   2/9/2007 at 17:30 (6,256 days old) by goatfarmer (South Bend, home of Champions)   |   | |
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Post# 192795 , Reply# 3   2/22/2007 at 02:08 (6,244 days old) by danemodsandy (The Bramford, Apt. 7-E)   |   | |
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Post# 192867 , Reply# 4   2/22/2007 at 14:23 (6,243 days old) by bobbyderegis (Boston)   |   | |
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Jay, it sounds like you may have a loose wire connection going to the electronic control. Check all your wires in the console. This happened on my 608, and all it took was putting back a loose wire. Bobby in Boston |
Post# 192874 , Reply# 5   2/22/2007 at 15:01 (6,243 days old) by panthera (Rocky Mountains)   |   | |
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Yes, the unit must be correctly grounded. Otherwise the electronic sensors won't work. Pull the hook-up cord or trip the breakers (be sure they are the right ones, there are two). If the machine has a four-prong plug, then you will need to have that outlet checked - it the ground was lost there, then who knows where else it is out. If that is not the problem, check that the frame and all the parts which are to be grounded are actually grounded. Maytag, for a while, delivered a cheap aluminum ground wire and even cheaper clamp for the cold water line. If that has come loose or broken, the electronic sensor won't work. Oh - and if you use those damned fabric softener sheets, give the inside of the drum, especially the contacts, a very good cleaning. Not only do those sheets cause lint to build up in the exhaust (fire sooner or later), they also gum up the sensors. |
Post# 192887 , Reply# 6   2/22/2007 at 15:51 (6,243 days old) by danemodsandy (The Bramford, Apt. 7-E)   |   | |
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Doing proper grounding is my priority for this weekend, even though the dryer is working fine. I have older three-wire connections, so I'm figuring that the ground wire and clamp for the cold-water line is the way to go. The original Maytag aluminium ground wire is still present on the washer. It'll get replaced. |
Post# 192901 , Reply# 7   2/22/2007 at 16:38 (6,243 days old) by panthera (Rocky Mountains)   |   | |
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Post# 192908 , Reply# 8   2/22/2007 at 17:06 (6,243 days old) by danemodsandy (The Bramford, Apt. 7-E)   |   | |
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Thank God, I knew enough to clean out the dryer when I got it last week- it was full of the most amazing- and dangerous- lint and crud. It was actually bumping and banging because of some dryer sheets stuck in the squirrel-cage fan; the lint screen was so full of holes that the dryer sheets just blew right through it into the fan. It's all okay now- clean, plus I bought a new filter at Fox Appliance. It's quiet as new now, and amazingly fast- about twice the drying speed of my old Whirly. This weekend will be the grounding. I assume I'll need two lengths of 12-ga. wire, plus two ground clamps for the cold-water pipe. After that comes some work on the washer. New belts go on as a matter of principle, and I want to examine the damper pads while I'm in there. So far, both machines have been very responsive to the things I've done to catch up their maintenance. They were not actually abused, I can see, but the finer points of washer care were not observed, LOL. |
Post# 192910 , Reply# 9   2/22/2007 at 17:07 (6,243 days old) by danemodsandy (The Bramford, Apt. 7-E)   |   | |
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Post# 192915 , Reply# 10   2/22/2007 at 17:44 (6,243 days old) by bpetersxx (laf in on the banks of the Wabash River)   |   | |
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Post# 192966 , Reply# 11   2/22/2007 at 21:32 (6,243 days old) by danemodsandy (The Bramford, Apt. 7-E)   |   | |
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Post# 193049 , Reply# 12   2/23/2007 at 08:45 (6,242 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!)   |   | |
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If Newton has anything left to photocopy, I'd heard most of that stuff is gone now - but you never know until you ask. When I called 4-5 years ago, they still had an orignal book for the DG 906 dryer (I had a DE906 electric but they told me just ignore the gassy section ;-) and made a copy of the A906 washer manual for no charge. Good luck - G |
Post# 193064 , Reply# 13   2/23/2007 at 10:24 (6,242 days old) by danemodsandy (The Bramford, Apt. 7-E)   |   | |
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Post# 193429 , Reply# 14   2/25/2007 at 11:55 (6,240 days old) by danemodsandy (The Bramford, Apt. 7-E)   |   | |
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All grounded now- OY, was THAT a PITA. The washer was easy, but the grounding screw for the dryer was stripped, or rather its mount was- the hole the screw goes into. All better now, but not much fun to fix. Bronze ground clamps and copper wire, so it should be a better ground system than the stock Maytag aluminium wire. I have to say that the stock wire (still present on the washer) was the cheapest crap I've seen in a day or two. Soft as solder. Thanks for the tip- my electronic dryer thanks you too. |
Post# 193436 , Reply# 15   2/25/2007 at 12:16 (6,240 days old) by panthera (Rocky Mountains)   |   | |
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