Maytag DG407 wiring diagram

[maytag85]

Bought this NOS Maytag 407 auto dry timer a few weeks ago since I’ve been looking for one ever since I started the customized Maytag dryer project earlier this summer. Long story short, I tried putting this in the 806 console and tired putting a 408 silver dial face on it to match the 806 timer, turns out the 407 and 408 timers are a bit different since the 408 dial face doesn’t line up on the 407 timer. I decided to just put a 306 timer back in the 806 console until I get one off of a Maytag 408 dryer at the appliance junkyard in Glendale AZ when I go back to visit later this week. I just decided I am just going to put this in the Maytag DG606 that’s been converted to a DG306 to allow for more flexibility and to take some of the guess work of how much time is required for each load etc but here’s the hold up, can’t seem to find a Maytag DG407 wiring diagram anywhere, looked in the archives and can’t seem to find one. Even studied the timer to see if the colors were the same where the wire connect and are slightly different. Don’t really want to take any chances on guessing where to connect the wires to the timer. Not in any great rush to put my Maytag A606 set back into service, just want to have a wiring diagram for the Maytag DG407.

 

[combo52]

Maytag halo of heat, 407 dryers

This was the first model Maytag made with auto dry time temperature system.

They worked OK they didn’t have a long enough maximum drive time on the dial for many loads in the cool down with me tag was always skimpy.

It should be easy enough to do what you want to do you just need a three wire operating thermostat and run a wire from the third lead on the thermostat to the timer other than that it wires up about the same should be simple enough to do.

John

 

[maytag85]

Reply #1

The run time on the timer may be on the shorter side along with the cool down, but here’s one thing I noticed with my Maytag DG306 (will be a DG407 in the near future) when I installed a Supco L120-10 low heat cycling thermostat. When drying a large load of to or heavy cottons, the front of the cabinet would be warm to the touch and as the cycle progressed, it would get cooler and cooler to the point where it would be lukewarm, sometimes before the timer went to the cool down section the burner would already be off. Definitely seemed to work much better once I installed a new thermostat and the old thermostat I believe was rated to about 140F. The thermostat I will be using will be a Supco LD120-15, similar to the thermostat I installed back in 2020 but with the third connector that goes towards the thermostat.