From Red Lion, PA. to Brooklyn, NY. A 1972 Maytag DE806

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A rebuilding of previous threads, "<strong><strong><strong>From the Cellar to the 19th Floor: The Maytag's New Home P1" and "1972 A806 and a DE806 Rescued. Part Two." The washer and dryer threads have been separated.  From Red Lion, PA. to Brooklyn, NY. A 1972 Maytag A806 and </strong></strong><strong><strong>From Red Lion, PA. to Brooklyn, NY. A 1972 Maytag DE806 respectively. Once again, many thanks to our webmaster Robert for his assistance. </strong></strong></strong>

 

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Originally posted on 4/4/2018

 

 



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Finally, my dream set!

 

The Maytag's were in the basement of an old Victorian house in Red Lion, PA. The house had been closed up for decades and was dilapidated. The guy who had just bought it believes the machines had not been touched since the house was closed up. After a complete going through, these will ultimately become my daily drivers.

 

Original thread: <strong>A Maytag A-806 an a DE-806 Matched Set!</strong>

<strong><strong>https://www.automaticwasher.org/cgi-bin/TD/TD-VIEWTHREAD.cgi?74771</strong></strong>

 

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Maytag A806 thread:

From Red Lion, PA. to Brooklyn, NY. A 1972 Maytag A806

A rebuilding of previous threads, "From the Cellar to the 19th Floor: The Maytag's New Home P1" and "1972 A806 and a DE806 Rescued. Part Two." The washer and dryer threads have been separated. From Red Lion, PA. to Brooklyn, NY. A 1972 Maytag A806 and From Red Lion, PA. to Brooklyn, NY...

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OH DAMN!

I see the teardown & transformation has begun! I have full confidence in you Ultramatic/Louis, and I can't wait to see when you're all done with this dryer! You make the lil portables you've refurbished, look brand spanking new, I know this full size Maytag is going to turn out AMAZING!
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On this side of the computer screen cheering for you...
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Hey thanks Christina! I actually finished the dryer sometime ago. I am now rebuilding the old thread because it was a real mess. That's why I am reposting these past images. Once I'm done reposting, I will give a complete update on the DE806.

 

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Voila!

 

 

We have lift off.

 

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The DE806 has been working flawlessly for a few months now. It is still running on 115V for the time being. It takes about 2 cycles for clothes to be completely dry of course, but still it can run circles around my old Whirlpool convertible dryer. And that end of cycle bell! Loud! And I love it! I will be posting updated images soon with some obligatory evening shots. Most of all, I'd like to thank all those who gave me encouragement and advice for this undertaking!

 

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oh wow!!

See...
Now that looks nice!
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Something odd. When I originally started using the dryer, it usually would take a few cycles (Permanent Press or Regular) to get the clothes completely dry because it was running on 115V. It's still on 115V but now it does not go off until the clothes are completely dry.  I no longer have to reset the dryer very 12 minutes or so. Nothing has changed. Was/is there an issue with the moisture sensors?

 

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Not entirely sure what it is, but when I first got my Maytag DG810 dryer that goes with my A810 Maytag washer, I had no direct gas hook up for it so I just decided to air dry a load of sheets, and believe it or not they were completely dry when I got them out. My DG810 uses a similar moisture sensor system like the HOH dryers but it just has the one sensor, and seems to work well with larger loads for some reason.