Maytag A806

[bradfordwhite]

#18

I think I actually had one of those dryers back in 2002 when I was collecting.  It had at least 2 automatic cycles on the timer dial, the two buttons controlled the temperature settings, and it doesn't have a lighted panel.    

 

[maytag85]

Reply #19

I believe yours would have been a Maytag DE408 since the DE408 had those features/options you described. I hope to have my Maytag DE306 like the one in the photo, but will have to obtain an 808 control panel along with a fluorescent bulb and ballast for it.

 

[gelaundry4ever]

a806 wash action

I'd love to see a video of the wash action empty with just water.

 

[launderess]

From One Maytag Washer To Another

Welcome to my world!

Congrats!!!!!

 

[maytag85]

Reply #22

Thanks! Been wanting a Maytag A806 for at least 5 years, and now I have one. All I need to do is obtain an 808 control panel to make a match to my 806 washer and I finally will at last have an A806 set

 

[maytag85]

Here’s what the Maytag DE306 looks like at the moment. Finally got it back together mostly earlier, all I have to do is wire it back up and this is what I’ll use with my Maytag A806 until I am able to locate an 808 console and ballast for the fluorescent light.

 

[maytag85]

This is what he back looks like, if anything looks different that’s because this is the drum/base out of the DG606 I acquired back in 2019. Will be perfect since it has 2 openings for the low and regular temperature settings once I find a Maytag 808 dryer console/control panel.

 

[maytag85]

One step at a time

Taking one step at a time with the customized Maytag dryer I am putting together. Just installed a adjustable cycling thermostat that arrived in the mail about a hour ago or so. Now I am waiting for a 150F thermostat to arrive that’s used for the high limit safety thermostat on these dryers.

 

[qsd-dan]

The high limit thermo is a 301451 which is set for 225F. You'll be cycling off of the high limit thermo with a 150F rating.

 

[maytag85]

Reply #27

Huh, I was reading through the archives and someone mentioned that the high limit thermostat would kick off at 155F and would kick back on once it dropped 30F or so. John mentioned the high limit thermostat kicked the heating element off once it reached 170F but that must have been with the HOH dryers made before 1965 since the front of the drum was different compared to the 1966 to 1975 HOH dryers.

The high limit thermostat that was on this dryer when I got it was quite sensitive, when I removed the thermostat to see what it was rated to cut off at, from what I could see there was L140-10 which means it would kick the heating element off at 140F and would kick back on once it dropped 10 degrees and that definitely is not the correct thermostat.

 

[qsd-dan]

The DG HOH machines got a much higher rating than the DE's.

 

[maytag85]

Reply #29

Reply #1 in this thread mentioned that a 150F thermostat would work and the original thermostat would kick the heating element off once it reached 155F. A 225F thermostat may work on something with a heater box but since the heating element is literally inches away from the drum, I’d be nervous since that seems to be a bit too hot for comfort since the heating element is that close to the front of the drum.

Maytag DE406

My trusty Maytag Dryer built in 1969 will no longer heat. Nothing online shows how to access the heating element, but I found out how on my own. The entire body/shroud must be removed. The heating element is behind the hole/door. I am going to replace the heating element, even with out testing...

www.automaticwasher.org

 

[qsd-dan]

Wait, is this you electric HOH dryer or the gas one?

 

[maytag85]

Reply #31

This is the electric DE306 I picked up back in August of 2018. The avocado DG306 doesn’t have any thermostat problems, just replacing all the thermostats on the white DE306 which is the dryer I am customizing with options and such.

 

[qsd-dan]

That will take a 303036 (superseded by a 305865) thermo, which is a L155F-30. Regular cycling thermo for these was a L150F-20. A 150F high limit thermo is too close to the cycling thermo rating IMO. What is your target temp for the adjustable thermo?

 

[maytag85]

Reply #33

There’s 2 cycling thermostats one of them will be 120F for the low temperature selection and the adjustable will be set to either 155F or 165F. May even set it to 175F to see how it will do out of curiosity, definitely will speed up the drying process that’s for sure and perhaps may even debunk the 26 to 30 minutes drying time?

 

[qsd-dan]

You'll need a much higher rating high limit thermo if you want to experiment with those temps.

 

[maytag85]

Reply #35

I’ll have to see how it all works when I get everything together. I might order a 170F to 180F thermostat if the 150F cycles the heating element below either of the operating temperatures.

 

[bradfordwhite]

Could damage and/or shrink clothing at excessive high temps.
Plus cause extra wear on the machine.

 

[maytag85]

Reply #37

Could, but will just see how it will do with higher temperatures as a experiment but won’t use it long term like that. Even if I set the temperature to 155F or 165F, I won’t use the higher temperature setting unless I am drying towels or bedding or am in a hurry but will just about use the low temperature setting for regular clothes and such.