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Hi Sean that yellow dryer that you almost got was definitely a water condensing electronically controlled dryer probably the only such American dryer ever built, Frigidaire did have an air cooled condensing electronically controlled dryer however.

The flickering light on your KDG606 just means that the little neon light is burning out has nothing to do with the dryer running stopping starting etc.

If the dryer is not shutting off you either have a bad electron a control but more likely something is grounding out on the slip ring or baffles try disconnecting the yellow wire from the slip ring if the dryer shuts off then you know you the control is good and you’ve got a problem in the baffle circuit or slippering.
 
John I disconnected the yellow wire from the slip ring, and tried running the dryer on damp dry to see if it would shut off 20 seconds or so, and I didn’t shut off. I am thinking it may be something in the baffles or something, but I will check to see if anything is grounding out on the slip ring
 
Kdg-606 Dryer

Hi Sean, if it does not shut off with the yellow disconnected and isolated the reason it does not shut off has nothing to do with the slip ring at this point, although you could also have problems with the slip and baffle circuit...Carefully follow the thread that Dan referenced and hopefully you can fix it.

John L
 
The tarnished slip ring is likely the main culprit. It’s funny how it worked when I was testing it in the garage on damp dry, and it took a minute or so for it to shut off when I put it on damp dry, and after it shut off for the first time, I tried it again, and it shut off 20 to 30 seconds after I tried it the second time, and when I tried it the 3rd time, it shut off 20 seconds or so after I put it on damp dry with no clothes in it. I guess something got bumped or knocked loose when moving it into the laundry room to test it with it hooked up to gas
 
HI Sean, I am sorry but your posts are not making any sense, if the dryer won't shut off with the yellow wire disconnected there is another problem other than a tarnished slip ring.

Furthermore Tarnished brass and copper are still perfectly conductive and a little tarnish will not affect the operation of the electronic control system.

John
 
John I apologize if my posts don’t make a whole lot of sense, but I am trying to get an idea of what I need to do to the DG606 to get it to shut off properly. I will have to spend more time on getting the DG606 up and going, and I did hook it up to the gas line and it does heat up, and the burner cycles normally, but now I have to figure out what else is wrong with it.
 
I still can’t get the DG606 to shut off, and I’ve adjusted the carbon brush and slip ring a couple of times and it still doesn’t want to shut off properly. I have no idea what the issue is, and I’ve already looked at it a couple of times already
 
Non Shutting Off KDG-606 HOH Dryer

Hi Sean, try soldering the terminals on the little circuit board and see if this helps, Gas MT HOH dryers really had problems with corrosion and poor connections in this area, I saved many of these dryers by doing this quick repair for customers over the years.

 

John L.
 
John I traced the problem to a bad electrolytic capacitor, and I will need to replace that capacitor. I looked at all the other components on the little circuit board and they appear to be fine. Richard (speedqueen) helped me trace the problem down to the bad capacitor, and Richard (speedqueen) is good at repairing electronics, he might be able to help me find a new electrolytic capacitor for the DG606.
 
John I am not sure where Richard has been lately on AW, but another hobby he has is working on vintage televisions, and that usually keeps him busy. He is usually does post on vintage television and electronics groups in Facebook, and I am apart of some of those groups too. I am even a member of the vintage appliances and electronics groups on Facebook. I haven’t been busy myself, but I am kinda interested in that turquoise WP set SB is trying to sell in San Diego. That is a nice WP set, but they do need some work done to them. The dryer appears to be high mileage since the enamel/paint is beginning to wear off, the blower belt is toast, and the back part of the control panel where it’s lighted is missing. The washer will probably have to be gone through sometime in the future, and I’ve never worked on a WP BD before, but I have replaced the pump on my KM portable BD washer before.
 
I never got to post a picture of the DG606 of before I cleaned it (technically I did, but it was in the garage), but this is what the DG606 looked like in the sunlight in the morning of the next day. Note the motor isn’t attached to the base, and the clips rusted and broke off of the base, and it was like that when I got it. I have a feeling that this was taken out of service when the clips broke, and the motor was no longer attached to the base and no longer was turning the drum and blower/fan anymore

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John I thought Whirlpool 29” dryers all had electronic ignition, but some of them probably did have standing pilots in them. The Whirlpool dryers with standing pilots had to have had the removable lower access panel to light the pilot or service the burner and other things in that area.

John did the Whirlpool gas dryers that had electronic ignition have a hot surface igniter, or did they have a spark system like gas cooktops have?
 
Yeh, I love seeing your rebuilt from the ground up... Just right behind the pilot light door cover lies a miraculous dynamo, can't wait to see all this work!

(Even that pilot light door w/ the lighting instructions is a work of art!)

-- Dave
 
The DG606 is back together, but I forgot post those pictures of the reassembly process of the DG606, but it’s all back together now. I literally took a cloth and windex and wiped the base down, many other parts of the DG606, and it’s pretty much spotless now. I had to order new clips for the motor, and after I am done with that, I will be pretty much done with the DG606. I do need new belts, and I have to solder the wires on to the electronic dry control board, but I will be done with the DG606 with in the next week or two.

All I need to do to the A606 is replace the damper pads, and that will be it, along with a wax and polish on A606 and DG606 chrome too
 
After thinking it over for awhile, I might convert my Maytag DG606 to electronic ignition and there are threads that do exist showing that, but they don’t really show the step by step process of doing that. When I do convert the DG606 to electronic ignition, I will show a step by step process of converting a gas HOH dryer to electronic ignition
 

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