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Maytag set, 12 y.o. kicked to the curb.
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Post# 339638   4/3/2009 at 06:17 (5,472 days old) by toggleswitch2 ()        

Visited a rleative last night to find that the 12 y.o. TOL Maytag W & D set that I had bought them as a wedding present was unceremoniously ousted and kicked to the curb. IIRC it was about $1,300 for the set at the time.

In their place was a Frigidaire Gallery front-loader on a pedestal and a rather ordinary GE gas dryer with a painted drum. *FEH*


But perhaps more intereresting: The washer was said to have an electrical fault like an internal fuse that kept blowing. (HUH?, What fuse?).

The dryer needed a new blower wheel early in its career, and now more recenlty had a "major" breakdown. No details as to what.

The repairman said to the realtive that the machines are NOT commercial duty....he was there to fix the Frigidaire washer... and that they were not designed for the kind of use they were getting (it's an ordinsry family of 5). Can you imagine?

I was sad to see the Maytags get booted out.





Post# 339639 , Reply# 1   4/3/2009 at 06:24 (5,472 days old) by toggleswitch2 ()        
My babies were thrown under the bus.

It had an automatic double-wash and double-rinse. There were two dispenser cups for the agititator; one for softener one for detergent (exaclty the same, they were, except for color).

It combined a regular cycle with a fabric-matic gentle cyle AND a two-speed motor giving it, effectively, 4 wash speeds.



Post# 339640 , Reply# 2   4/3/2009 at 06:27 (5,472 days old) by toggleswitch2 ()        

The relative had the Frigidaire F/L and Maytag T/L washers concurrently for over a year.

Post# 339653 , Reply# 3   4/3/2009 at 08:28 (5,472 days old) by coldspot66 (Plymouth, Mass)        

That maytag prolly had a fuse in line with a "check switch". The check switch "checks" to make sure the lid switch functions properly. If not, it creates a "short" that trips the inline fuse wired to the inlet valve, thus disabling the machine's fill. Usually an easy fix. You cannot just buy the fuse separetely.

Post# 339655 , Reply# 4   4/3/2009 at 09:06 (5,472 days old) by toggleswitch2 ()        

Thanks!

Sounds like I could have eliminated the "Check switch" and had a running machine!

Didn't think to "pry" earlier-- I never expected such a machine to get evicted.


Post# 339658 , Reply# 5   4/3/2009 at 09:16 (5,472 days old) by bajaespuma (Connecticut)        
What an opportunity!

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Take them back, and then sell them on Craigslist with copy that reads:

4 yr. old Maytag Whaser and Drier set $365. Both run real good, ingrate relatives wanted front loaders. Whaser doesn't agtitate. no pictures.


Post# 339662 , Reply# 6   4/3/2009 at 09:46 (5,472 days old) by lebron (Minnesota)        

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Were they dependable cares???

Post# 339664 , Reply# 7   4/3/2009 at 10:10 (5,472 days old) by coldspot66 (Plymouth, Mass)        

Hi Steve,

You can't eliminated the check switch...you'll cause a short if you do. BTW NLA on my end for the tub cover light lens. Sorry!!


Post# 339739 , Reply# 8   4/3/2009 at 16:02 (5,472 days old) by toggleswitch2 ()        

Yes Dependable Care, but with an orbital tranny.

Thanks John. I'll need to see a wiring diagram schematic to see whay what/where/why this check-switch is all about.

I'm really sick to my stomach that the machine was curbed with no chance on my part to fix it or hoard it.


Post# 339745 , Reply# 9   4/3/2009 at 16:33 (5,472 days old) by xraytech (Rural southwest Pennsylvania )        

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I cant believe that they would just junk them with out even asking you to repair or offer to give them to you. Surely they must know that you collect automatic washers, Right?

Sam


Post# 339768 , Reply# 10   4/3/2009 at 18:38 (5,472 days old) by repair-man (Pittsburgh PA)        

Sounds like the washer was an LAT9806AAE. Definately TOL , in fact the only model I can remember with the "double wash" option. It came with a grey liquid detergent cup that went in place of the regular white softener cup. You could use one or the other- not both. This was available in the fall of 1996 but was considered the Dependable Care 97 line. The start of the more slanted/rounded control panel and the new LoadSensor (auger type) agitator. I never sold too many of them. They were pretty expensive. I think about $699.00. What a generous gift BTW. They certainly could have though of or consulted you before dumping it. It probably needed a new lid switch kit but they were just trying to change the fuse. When it kept blowing they decided it was a "major" short so they tossed it.

Post# 339770 , Reply# 11   4/3/2009 at 18:47 (5,472 days old) by toggleswitch2 ()        
Closet case.

I never outright SAID it, (but I never denied it either!) but the four I had in my basement MIGHT have been a clue...........

And besides any time an older relative is in the mix they love to tell stories of me running to the laundromat as a very young rug-rat...........

I am usually consulted before new appliances are chosen.........


HMMMMMMMMMMM


Post# 339773 , Reply# 12   4/3/2009 at 19:40 (5,472 days old) by laundromat (Hilo, Hawaii)        
lid switch

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Incorporated with the lid switch there IS a fuse.However,the part to replace it is another lid switch that,as I began to say ,is incorporated with the part.So,instead of just replacing the fuse alone,you need to replace that entire switch.When I worked at Direct Maytag in Altamonte Springs,Florida, I replaced a lot of them on machines customers were replacing with Neptunes.What a nightmare that became!!!

Post# 339782 , Reply# 13   4/3/2009 at 21:47 (5,472 days old) by supremewhirlpol ()        
I hear from where your coming from

...Toggleswitch2 I totally understand. I have relatives the same way, and it gets old after a while!! Although my Aunt and uncle did let me know when they were going to replace their Kenmore Electronic Fabric care set, thus they are now in my possession. However, they are the only ones who have did this, and i'm so glad they did.

Post# 340086 , Reply# 14   4/5/2009 at 11:46 (5,470 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md)        
check switch can be bypassed

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the check switch was to moniter the main (black) lid switch but the cheap {white) check switch always fails frist. You can eliemte the fuse checksw and just leave the black switch.I have done this on hunders of machens it does not change the operation or saftey of the machine in any way.




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