Gyrafoam's Experience with his Flaming Queen

[tomturbomatic]

The motor on the 806 that I gave my mom when I found one with the blue band that matched my dryer went up one afternoon. When that shellac on those motor windings burns, you have smelly smoke. A "very nice young man from Maytag" came out to replace the motor. He was a single father and liked restoring old Maytags and was very interested in my collecting...according to my mother. Is there a nice Maytag service tech who is raising his son alone in Atlanta who is part of this group?

 

[westytoploader]

"How many of us, after working and working on those Kelvinator's, Frigidaires, Speed Queens, Philco's, Bendix's, etc......at the end of the day, put everything in a Maytag to actually get our laundry done?"

Strangely enough, I usually end up using a belt-drive Kenmore! The Frankenmore (and even before, when it was the 1982 Kenmore) has saved my @$$ on MANY occasions when one or more machines were down and I needed to wash, especially when I was working on something and had no clean rags! More recently, the '77 GE has been bailing me out as well, like when the flood-protector hoses decided to trip and stay tripped halfway through the spin-spray on the AMP. Threw the load in the GE and rinsed it in there!

 

[mayken4now]

OK Austin, I agree, but you have spent too much time around jasonl.

 

[spinout]

About solenoids...

Austin got it right: "...if there's something blocking the plunger from pulling in, the solenoid might damage itself."

The foregoing analysis is correct. In order to realize maximum inductance and, hence, minimum current, the plunger must be pulled completely in. (Solenoids intended for continuous duty are designed to have the plunger seated.)

The plunger is part of the magnetic circuit and even a small amount clearance will reduce the effectiveness of the magnetic path. When the pole piece (plunger) isn't seated the coil will behave as a short--through just the resistance of the winding--resulting in overheating and eventual failure.