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Thread Number: 84361
/ Tag: Vintage Automatic Washers
LED Lights for Maytags |
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Post# 1087514 9/1/2020 at 12:09 (1,330 days old) by tennblondie78  (Bowling Green, KY) |
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I have been wanting to retrofit my Maytag consoles with LED lights for some time, but didn't want to do any wiring mods. I finally found what I was looking for!
New York LED Luminaries sells LED bulbs that will fit in our Maytags with absolutely no modifications. They work with the original ballasts. It was a simple plug and play swap, and they look great. Not to mention they are instant on and no flickering that the fluorescents are so bad about. They have them in several color warmths, I got 4100K. They are a very close match to the original fluorescent color. I attached pics of them installed in my set. | ||
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Post# 1087515 , Reply# 1 9/1/2020 at 12:41 (1,330 days old) by Ultramatic (New York City) |
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| Post# 1087518 , Reply# 2 9/1/2020 at 13:20 (1,330 days old) by Repairguy (Danbury, Texas) | ||
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| Post# 1087520 , Reply# 3 9/1/2020 at 14:20 (1,330 days old) by Maytagbear (N.E. Ohio) | ||
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Great to see you Stephanie! Those LEDs look wonderful! They are just right. Lawrence/Maytagbear | ||
| Post# 1087523 , Reply# 5 9/1/2020 at 14:54 (1,330 days old) by Maytag85 (Sean A806) | ||
Now I’ll need lights for my ‘63 Whirlpool set. This was a quick test to see what it would look like with halogen bulbs but I am looking for bayonet style of bulbs for it. Here’s a picture of what it looks like with the lighted panel on
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Post# 1087528 , Reply# 6 9/1/2020 at 15:53 (1,330 days old) by goatfarmer (South Bend, home of Champions) |
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Post# 1087542 , Reply# 7 9/1/2020 at 17:53 (1,330 days old) by appnut (TX) |
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| Post# 1087574 , Reply# 8 9/1/2020 at 21:04 (1,330 days old) by wakman (Atlanta, ) | ||
Do you have a part# for LED lights | ||
| Post# 1087577 , Reply# 9 9/1/2020 at 21:18 (1,330 days old) by qsd-dan (West) | ||
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Post# 1087644 , Reply# 10 9/2/2020 at 12:11 (1,329 days old) by tennblondie78 (Bowling Green, KY) |
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Thank you for the compliments!
I bought them from New York LED Luminaries. They don't have part numbers on their site per se, they go by what you are trying to retrofit. The washer takes a F15T8 fluorescent and the dryer takes a F20T12. nyledluminaries.com/product/2-fe... nyledluminaries.com/product/2-fe... | ||
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Post# 1087696 , Reply# 11 9/2/2020 at 17:39 (1,329 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!) |
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Your washer and dryer look great with the LED, you did a good job matching the color level.
I changed the fluro bulb on the 58 GE range when the transformer went bad, but I just used a 115v bulb and removed the transformer altogether. I leave this light on 24/7 so was glad to have the lower energy use LED. I also did the same thing in the vintage Vent-A-Hood above the range, the transformer was fried when I found it. | ||
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Post# 1087703 , Reply# 12 9/2/2020 at 19:02 (1,329 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md) |
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Yes The LED Lights Look Great And the LED lights will probably keep the white plastic buttons on the console from yellowing from the ultra-violet light from the florcennet lamps.
I do agree with Dan that the cool flicker of the Florescent lamps is gone but if they are everyday drivers and not just museum pieces some concessions have to be made.
When I restored the CA900 pair 6 years ago I put in proper length bulbs so the entire glass panels are lit on both the W&D, I always hatted that MT cheeped out and put in such short bulbs to save maybe a whole dollar.
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Post# 1087764 , Reply# 13 9/3/2020 at 08:30 (1,328 days old) by tennblondie78 (Bowling Green, KY) |
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Post# 1087815 , Reply# 14 9/3/2020 at 17:21 (1,328 days old) by D-jones (Western Pennsylvania (Pittsburgh Area)) |
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qsd-dan | ||
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