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Urgent....help needed a108 maytag timer
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Post# 895850   8/26/2016 at 13:32 (2,799 days old) by ryandill (Truro ns canada)        

Hi everyone, my first post. Can anyone tell me which points inside the 205001 timer control what circuts. I am looking to replace burnt out points with others from a circut that is never used such as perm press. Any help would be greatly appreciated




Post# 895929 , Reply# 1   8/27/2016 at 09:52 (2,798 days old) by mayken4now (Panama City, Florida)        

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Find a used timer, and welcome here.

Post# 895931 , Reply# 2   8/27/2016 at 10:14 (2,798 days old) by panthera (Rocky Mountains)        
Hi and Welcome

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Ryandill,

If you search the archives, you'll find several threads on repairing damaged contacts.

Generally speaking, it's next door to impossible to simply swap unused contacts from one place to another. Doable, but basically, if you have the skills to do that, you have the skills to repair the damaged one/s.

I'd get a used timer in good condition, personally.

 

A few thoughts, though, if you have no choice. One, if you can get the points working adequately, you can swap in a load relais which draws very little current through the contacts to provide power to whatever circuit you need.

 

What's not working? That might help someone here to help you.

Again, welcome!


Post# 896410 , Reply# 3   8/30/2016 at 12:41 (2,795 days old) by ryandill (Truro ns canada)        

The washer will fill to the proper level but will do nothing else. I can hear the timer motor running

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Post# 896418 , Reply# 4   8/30/2016 at 14:34 (2,795 days old) by goatfarmer (South Bend, home of Champions)        

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The A108 timer should be plentiful on EBay.


Post# 896604 , Reply# 5   8/31/2016 at 13:53 (2,794 days old) by d-jones (Western Pennsylvania (Pittsburgh Area))        

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You can replace the burned contacts if you want to, but some specialized tooling will be needed to do it properly. Have a look at the thread linked below and you can see how it's done. It should also be possible to replace just the burned contact instead of the entire switch, but to do that you'd need to find a source for the contacts and work out a means to securely install them. So as others have already stated, in the interest of time (and money) you may wish to replace the timer instead.



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Post# 896871 , Reply# 6   9/2/2016 at 10:48 (2,792 days old) by ryandill (Truro ns canada)        

Thank you everyone for the information, I have located an OE timer in california. Special thanks to Dan Pieslak. My 108 should be up and running in no time.

Post# 897111 , Reply# 7   9/4/2016 at 08:44 (2,790 days old) by mayken4now (Panama City, Florida)        

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yep, good job, replace!


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