Recent content by mrstickball

There are huge energy savings available on heat pump vs. vented tumble dryers. At least in America. One issue we have here is HVAC having to do replacement or makeup conditioned air in the room or house that has the air sucked out and vented outside. If you measure it properly, about 40-50% of...

Ironically, a confact I have at a distributor makes their own boards for an appliance. I won't say which one, but its a firm that does OEM work for one of the big manufacturers. When they decided to make a commonly-failing board, the vendor asked if the distributor I know wanted them to add...

Yes, significantly less if done in batch. The issue is that the PCB is going to replace a lot of features in one go when you're flowing 10,000 - 100,000 boards at once. If you look at mechanical timer costs from 3rd party companies that are only charging a price directly above margin, mechanical...

The issue is cost. Those usually cost a lot of money that consumers don't want to pay. I've talked to a few engineers at the major companies, and they said that they'd love to use them but C-level executives tell them that price trumps reliability so they have to keep the $500 washer, rather...

My concern is that with the extreme posting frequency Maytaglover68 has, he will get banned from pretty much every group due to spam. I am unsure how old you are, Maytaglover68, but you have to show moderation in posting. There's nothing wrong with making new posts every so often to curate new...

I'd invite you to the Facebook repair groups for licensed OEM techs. Every 2-3 days, there's a thread about the board failures with multiple techs stating that they are seeing a dozen failures a week and lead times on the board from weeks to months. I personally know a leasing company in my town...

If you want the actual answer to the F3E1 issue: Whirlpool got a very, very large batch of bad pressure transducers/pressure sensors from their vendor. They flowed them onto an unknown (but very, very large number) of machines. They created a service bulletin for the machines. Its all major VMW...

I'll have spectrograph results from a Samsung Bespoke washer tomorrow for ultra set-in stains that I've done similar tests with against a huge number of modern washers. I am excited to see the results tomorrow under the analyzer. Visually, the Bubble Soak + Heavy Duty cycle looked to be the best...

There's a reason most refurbishers are targetting GE top loads over Whirlpools for refurbishments. The cacophony of failures a VMW can have are so wide, its hard to get them refurbished and back on the market at a price level that makes sense in the refurbished market. Sadly, the Whirlpool...

There's a major recall out for all makes/models of Whirlpool VMW machines from 2023 - 2024 (all months) with that issue. The integrated pressure sensor is bad and the board needs replaced.

Hi everyone, I am working on a documentary regarding the entire history of Maytag from 1983-2006 and then post-buyout. I think I have everything I want "Done" but I still have a few eras that I am trying to really understand and flesh out. It really surrounds the products Maytag offered right...

I'll have a documentary out later this year on the history & downfall of Maytag but in my opinion (or research into the matter): Maytag's descent into poor appliances is a bit of a slippery slope in that everyone wants to point at something like, say, the Neptune, but the history is a bit...

Should be able to loosen the screws behind the unit and push it rearward to access the front interface panel to get front access w/o unstacking. It'll be a tight fit but absolutely doable.

mark_wpduet - bugs @mark_wpduet - The issue is that the VMW design has been cheaped significantly in the history of the design (as many products are). The original VMW's had cast metal hubs (W10324651) with locking spanner nuts from the old Direct Drive systems. That got phased out in favor...

They have a service bulletin for the pump. The area where it mates with the tub is under-re-enforced due to thin wires. You'll need to replace the wire harness or splice the wires together, then use a hanger to re-enforce the area.