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Thread Number: 83651
/ Tag: Modern Dryers
Maytag maxima XL electric dryer — steam won’t turn off |
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Post# 1079913 , Reply# 1 7/5/2020 at 15:11 (1,611 days old) by henene4  (Heidenheim a.d. Brenz (Germany)) |
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I think they were supplied with a T-piece that connected to the washer and dryer. Turn off the cold feed and check if that helps. If anything the dryer should run perfectly fine with a broken valve. Just can't use the steam function. | ||
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Post# 1079960 , Reply# 2 7/5/2020 at 18:56 (1,611 days old) by DADoES (TX, U.S. of A.) |
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 Steam without power ... there's no way the machine can generate steam with the circuit breaker turned off, although water could drip from the steam port if the inlet valve is failed. As per the reply above, a Y-connector is supplied with steam dryers to feed the dryer off one of the washer supply faucets. The connector may or may not have separate on/off taps for the washer and dryer. If so, the dryer water supply can be turned off there separately from the washer. If not, then the main supply tap to which it's connected (presumably cold) will have to be turned off, which will also turn off that supply to the washer. | ||
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Post# 1079996 , Reply# 3 7/6/2020 at 04:29 (1,611 days old) by henene4 (Heidenheim a.d. Brenz (Germany)) |
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These don't technically produce steam, it's just a very fine mist. So it's just a valve and nozzle. If the valve fails open then yeah water would be spraying all the time. Dunno why somebody would design a valve to fail open. Such stuff should fail safe aka closed. | ||
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Post# 1080006 , Reply# 4 7/6/2020 at 06:37 (1,611 days old) by appnut (TX) |
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Post# 1080010 , Reply# 5 7/6/2020 at 06:59 (1,611 days old) by Frigilux (The Minnesota Prairie) |
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Bob- I wouldn't let this unfortunate instance stop you from getting a dryer with a steam function. The Steam/Refresh cycle certainly got a lot of use on my 2015 Maytag Maxima. I wore black Dockers at work and gigs, and would toss a pair or two in for a steam refresh nearly every day. Although I'd change shirts every day--sometimes more than once--I found pants simply needed a little refreshing/de-wrinkling rather than washing or....shudder...ironing. They stayed black longer, too.
Don't recall many other instances of this issue popping up here at AW. Now, having said all that, I keep a big spray bottle of water in the cupboard above my Speed Queen dryer to spray the pants, then toss them in on the refresh cycle (or whatever it's called). It provides 15 minutes of high heat which takes care of wrinkles very well. | ||
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Post# 1080011 , Reply# 6 7/6/2020 at 07:00 (1,611 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md) |
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Stuck Open Inlet Valve | ||
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Post# 1080031 , Reply# 7 7/6/2020 at 11:05 (1,611 days old) by DADoES (TX, U.S. of A.) |
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Post# 1080049 , Reply# 8 7/6/2020 at 13:44 (1,611 days old) by Frigilux (The Minnesota Prairie) |
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Older LGs actually had a steam generator, but if I recall correctly, they had problems with mineral buildup.
The Steam Refresh cycle on my 2015 Maytag would first heat the interior of the drum and the clothing in it to a rather high temp; then a very fine mist of cold water would be sprayed in at intervals. I suppose the idea was that the hot air and clothing in the dryer would create "steam" with the mist. The manual suggested adding only 1 or 2 items to the dryer for the Steam Refresh cycle. You could also add a steam option to Perm Press and a couple of other cycles. | ||
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Post# 1080050 , Reply# 9 7/6/2020 at 13:49 (1,611 days old) by henene4 (Heidenheim a.d. Brenz (Germany)) |
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With 5kW heating, the quantity of steam created just in the hot air can be quite sufficent. I think LGs dryers with a steam generator were called TurboSteam. Over here many dryers do not have a steam generator though some actually do. | ||
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Post# 1080054 , Reply# 11 7/6/2020 at 14:20 (1,610 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md) |
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| Post# 1080063 , Reply# 12 7/6/2020 at 15:48 (1,610 days old) by SGT10 (California ) | ||
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Thanks for the help. I think that’s what I will do. The “steam” seems more trouble than it’s worth. | ||
| Post# 1080165 , Reply# 13 7/7/2020 at 11:32 (1,610 days old) by Golittlesport (California) | ||
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| Post# 1080192 , Reply# 14 7/7/2020 at 12:59 (1,610 days old) by whatsername (Denver, CO) | ||
water reservoir drawer | ||
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Post# 1080195 , Reply# 15 7/7/2020 at 13:07 (1,610 days old) by appnut (TX) |
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Post# 1080228 , Reply# 16 7/7/2020 at 18:39 (1,609 days old) by Yogitunes (New Jersey) |
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does anyone remember Kenmore dryers, I think from the 60's, offered clothes sprinkling, you filled a reservoir in the hamper door, and when you closed the door, it would squirt water from the bottom as the clothes tumbled, cycle selected was usually Air Only....
who knew you already had a steam option back then? | ||
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Post# 1080246 , Reply# 17 7/7/2020 at 20:43 (1,609 days old) by DADoES (TX, U.S. of A.) |
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Post# 1080297 , Reply# 18 7/8/2020 at 08:51 (1,609 days old) by Frigilux (The Minnesota Prairie) |
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Martin- I remember seeing an early 1960s (or thereabouts) Lady K dryer with the reservoir in the door. Our 1960 Model 80 came with a pink sprinkling ball--had a screw top and a bunch of small holes punched in it. Water was added to the ball (a little smaller than a volleyball, if memory serves) and it would dampen the clothes for ironing. The cycle on our Model 80 was called 'Air or Dampen.'
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Post# 1080861 , Reply# 19 7/13/2020 at 11:26 (1,604 days old) by GELaundry4ever (Nacogdoches, TX, USA) |
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as the saying goes... What's old is new again. | ||
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