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DE606 to sacrifice for 806?
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Post# 634138   10/25/2012 at 07:18 (4,173 days old) by beekeyknee (Columbia, MO)        

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I have a chance to buy a DE606 for $90.00. The porcelain top isn't in bad shape, but it would have to be buffed out to be usable. The drum turns and is clean on the inside, the filter parts are all there, the door is in good shape and the door switch seems to work well.

I guess it's a series 2. It has the aluminum dial and the gold strip on the control panel.

I wonder if I should get it for when I find my DE806 series 0 or 1 to use for parts or would I be wasting my money? The cabinet is in fairly good condition and there doesn't appear to be much rust. Are most of the internal parts interchangeable?

The schematic is missing off of the back of the control panel cover. Would the electronic dryness controls be compatible? Would the newer dryness control be more reliable? Would any other parts in it be worth having to work on and older 806? I have two new belts coming for the dryer. Being optimistic.

Thanks,

B.





Post# 634188 , Reply# 1   10/25/2012 at 11:05 (4,172 days old) by Volvoguy87 (Cincinnati, OH)        
Get it!

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So far as I know, the differences between the 606 and 806 dryer consist of the 806 having a drum light and a control panel light. They are otherwise the same.

Dave


Post# 634189 , Reply# 2   10/25/2012 at 11:16 (4,172 days old) by RevvinKevin (Tinseltown - Shakey Town - La-La Land)        

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Post# 634190 , Reply# 3   10/25/2012 at 11:19 (4,172 days old) by redcarpetdrew (Fairfield, CA)        
You can choose the rinse temp on a DE806?

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Oh, Kevin... LOL!

RCD


Post# 634191 , Reply# 4   10/25/2012 at 11:24 (4,172 days old) by RevvinKevin (Tinseltown - Shakey Town - La-La Land)        

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Yes Andy.... didn't YOU know on the DE806 dryer Maytag offered a rarely seen "spray rinse" option?  

 

Wink

 

Kevin

 


Post# 634231 , Reply# 5   10/25/2012 at 15:08 (4,172 days old) by akronman (Akron/Cleveland Ohio)        

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Post# 634256 , Reply# 6   10/25/2012 at 15:56 (4,172 days old) by Volvoguy87 (Cincinnati, OH)        
Wait a sec!

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The 06 dryers are all Halo of Heat. They switched to the Stream of Heat with the 08 series in 1975. The older A806 washers were paired with DE/DG806 dryers which were HoH, but the series 2 A806 washers were paired with DE/DG808 dryers.

Personally, I prefer using and repairing the HoH style,
Dave


Post# 634261 , Reply# 7   10/25/2012 at 16:12 (4,172 days old) by qsd-dan (West)        
The 806 is Stream of Heat....

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You're thinking of an 808.

Post# 634263 , Reply# 8   10/25/2012 at 16:13 (4,172 days old) by qsd-dan (West)        

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Saw ahhhhh

Post# 634264 , Reply# 9   10/25/2012 at 16:16 (4,172 days old) by qsd-dan (West)        
Would the electronic dryness controls be compatible?

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Besides the early and late model electronic control units, and the wire wound/wire strip baffles, they're the same.

Post# 634304 , Reply# 10   10/25/2012 at 18:56 (4,172 days old) by akronman (Akron/Cleveland Ohio)        
I transposed numbers

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When I read and when I thought and when I answered, the perfect trio!

You folks are all correct----I went and looked at all my 'Tag dryers----anything in the DE?06 series will be over 90% interchangeable in the entire 06 series.

It ain't the first time the 806's versus 608's got me befuddled, sorry. At least I usually know a dryer from a washer, that helps.

Nice how I can delete my entire wrong paragraph up above, eh?

Thanks for the corrections, I just mixed up the numbers and described two entirely different series from my basement.


Post# 634308 , Reply# 11   10/25/2012 at 19:33 (4,172 days old) by beekeyknee (Columbia, MO)        

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Thank for all the input, fellas.

Don't worry about it, Mark. The numbers are really similar. I get'em mixed up too, sometimes.


Post# 634310 , Reply# 12   10/25/2012 at 19:51 (4,172 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md)        
Parting out a DE606

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Yes Brain I would grab the DE606 and keep any electrical and mechanical parts to keep your other DE806 going in the future. If you [ or another AW collector ]  doesn't buy this dryer it will just get junked, so you shouldn't feel bad about parting it out and junking the rest. Very few people will use a dryer this old for long, and without a good refurbishing it will not run long and just get junked.


Post# 634609 , Reply# 13   10/26/2012 at 23:23 (4,171 days old) by bpetersxx (laf in on the banks of the Wabash River)        

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Don't you just love Harvest gold in a 806 808 set

And they go so well with my Harvest gold DW in the kitchen



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