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Thread Number: 61242
/ Tag: Vintage Dryers
1971 Maytag DE806 |
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| Post# 838903 , Reply# 1 8/31/2015 at 21:02 (3,154 days old) by mjg0619 (Scranton, Pennsylvania) | ||
Keith, your Maytag washer is still one of the most dependable and best cleaning washing machines ever made. Many on this site will agree with me there. There will ALWAYS be people who have negative opinions or prefer other machines.
I would strongly encourage you to try it out for yourself and see if it works well for your needs. Not every machine is right for every person. That's why there's so many different kinds out there! I would also encourage you to hook up the dryer to its full power supply and enjoy it too! BTW, you have a very pleasant voice! :) Clear and easy to understand what you're saying. Hope to see more videos from you in the future! 
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| Post# 838925 , Reply# 2 8/31/2015 at 22:54 (3,154 days old) by hippiedoll ( arizona ) | ||
the newer maytag washer...
It's hard for me to tell, but it looks like it says, under the maytag logo:
2 speed x large capacity If it does, than I think that maytag washer is the same/equivalent to an A806 washer just in the newer control panel style instead of being a center-dial. I guess it also depends on if that washer has a long, slower stroke (helical) or short, faster stroke (orbital) transmission? And like you, I like to use the gentle wash & fast spin cycle, that is possible on an A806 washer. | ||
Post# 838926 , Reply# 3 8/31/2015 at 23:06 (3,154 days old) by appnut  (TX) |
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Keith the Electronic control 806 Keith, although this was the TOL, it only had one drying temperature--"low" or delicate. Lower models had regular and delicate. The 806 was viewed as an all-fabric heat setting. The Perm Press was also intended for loads one wanted to have extra dry. The moisture sensor was calibrated for the extra dryness. It had to do with the way perm press fabrics were processed and treated back then. they needed a higher bit of heat to relax wrinkles. It also had a longer cool down than regular fabrics. Many I knew who owned this dryer, the pretty much just left it on the Perm Press setting. | ||
| Post# 838935 , Reply# 4 9/1/2015 at 00:19 (3,154 days old) by alr2903 (TN) | ||
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Realvanman, nice video thanks! Bob I had not thought of that in years, people as a general rule did dry everything on PP in these vintage Tags.. IIRC, "Regular" would dry towels but jeans in particular where always damp on heavy seams. Thanks -A | ||
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Post# 838975 , Reply# 5 9/1/2015 at 08:03 (3,153 days old) by Kenmore71 (Minneapolis, MN) |
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Actually ALL Halo of Heat dryers offered after 1966 only had one temperature, which, if I recall correctly, was about 150 degrees. The electronic dryness control should, in theory, work correctly when the dryer is connected to only 120 volts. I operated one that way for a few weeks a while back and it worked fine. You might need to up the capacitor size on the electronic control.
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Post# 838976 , Reply# 6 9/1/2015 at 08:19 (3,153 days old) by DADoES (TX, U.S. of A.) |
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 As I recall from a previous discussion which cited a Maytag service document, the PP cycle continues to run & heat after the electronic control is satisfied for moisture level until the air temperature reaches 165°F (or some such higher temperature) for purpose of "ironing out the wrinkles" then progresses to the cool down which IIRC is controlled by a 120°F thermostat. | ||
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Post# 839037 , Reply# 7 9/1/2015 at 13:41 (3,153 days old) by Kenmore71 (Minneapolis, MN) |
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While this is "theoretically" true, there is in fact no sensor or thermostat that guarantees this. The PP setting simply uses a different circuit path with additional resistors in it which causes the capacitor to charge more slowly, thus a longer run time. If you remove the drum baffle circuit from the electronic control, the dryer should operate for the following times before it shuts off:
Damp dry: 7 - 17 seconds Regular and Air Fluff: 9-11 minutes PP: 12-19 minutes This auto dry system was pretty ingenious for its day. I spent the better part of a summer doing electrical experiments with an 806 dryer a few years ago. As mentioned above, the cool-down was a purely thermostatic issue. The PP cool-down would take longer, in theory, because the load would be hotter when the heat was turned off. But 120 degrees was the cut-out temperature for the fan circuit. However long it took to get there was the cool-down period. | ||
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Post# 839246 , Reply# 9 9/2/2015 at 14:54 (3,152 days old) by kb0nes (Burnsville, MN) |
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| Post# 839290 , Reply# 10 9/2/2015 at 20:11 (3,152 days old) by realvanman (Southern California) | ||
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HAMs Hi Phil, No problem, I love the "thread drift" feature of this forum! My call is KE6LRZ. If I remember correctly I was licensed around '94. I don't know how to post more than one film at a time, so here's one more. Laundry in the dark was never so much fun!! Keith CLICK HERE TO GO TO realvanman's LINK | ||
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