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Thread Number: 28526
Air gap on Maytag water injector: Purpose? |
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Post# 435827 , Reply# 1 5/17/2010 at 17:54 (5,084 days old) by yogitunes  (New Jersey) |
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The air gap design is so when, by any chance, a power failure of some sort, that would cause the water coming into the washer to be siphoned out via the inlet hoses, and contaminating the water supply with water, detergent, soil, and chemicals,....kinda a safety device....not that I have ever seen this happen.....all machines have them in one configuration or another....
I have a Maytag where the plastic broke, all I did was take a piece of 3/4 inch plastic pipe, about 3 inches long, took out the air gap and installed this with 2 clamps, and cable tied it in place, problem solved I have extrememly high water pressure, and on my GE FF it would whistle loudly when filling, actualy annoying, so I did the same thing with a few pieces of plastic pipe, all quiet fills now! | ||
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