Maytag info I FOUND IT!.......YAY!

[phillymatt53]

Jeez, I MUST be bored today!
I took the control panel off of my Maytag A482 and guess what????
I found the schematic taped inside, and in great condition!
I only wanted to clean and re-lube the water level buttons shifter assembly, because the Small Load was sticking, and hard to deal with. - dried up grease was the culprit.
That's done now, easy fix, all 4 buttons operate smoothly again.

The next thing is to study that schematic, and figure out a way to make the machine so it gives a Warm Rinse on the Normal Wash cycle setting, which I use 99% of the time.
So If I can get Hot-Warm, and Warm-Warm, I'd be a happy camper.
I really don't want to put a manual "Warm-Rinse switch on the panel, I'd prefer it be automatic if possible, but that's an option I suppose.
Cold-Cold setting is fine, so it doesn't matter, so...

Being experienced in Home Stereo, TV, etc., I'm used to THOSE schematics, however a Washer system schematic confuses me some.
Maybe someone who really knows these machines can help me out here to lighten my brain-load.

OK.... so is it OK for me to add the 2-sided schematic on here?
I've scanned it in .PNG format, each page is about 3MB, size to fit 8x11 letter paper.
Perhaps it could help someone else with the same machine.

Matt

 

[combo52]

This is an easy modification to make, and there shouldn’t be any problem posting a picture of the diagram, Maytag always had kind of weird ways of drawing wiring diagrams, but if you study it, you’ll figure it out.

Bear in mind if you rinse clothes and warm water, they sour a lot faster because the bacteria left behind starts to flourish real fast. If you don’t get them in the dryer fast, unless of course that load had bleach in it then you don’t have much of a problem.

Cold rinsing not only works better, but it keeps the clothing or bacteria free until they get dried.

John L

 

[combo52]

This is an easy modification to make, and there shouldn’t be any problem posting a picture of the diagram, Maytag always had kind of weird ways of drawing wiring diagrams, but if you study it, you’ll figure it out.

Bear in mind if you rinse clothes and warm water, they sour a lot faster because the bacteria left behind starts to flourish real fast. If you don’t get them in the dryer fast, unless of course that load had bleach in it then you don’t have much of a problem.

Cold rinsing not only works better, but it keeps the clothing more bacteria free until they get dried.

John

 

[phillymatt53]

This is an easy modification to make, and there shouldn’t be any problem posting a picture of the diagram, Maytag always had kind of weird ways of drawing wiring diagrams, but if you study it, you’ll figure it out.

Bear in mind if you rinse clothes and warm water, they sour a lot faster because the bacteria left behind starts to flourish real fast. If you don’t get them in the dryer fast, unless of course that load had bleach in it then you don’t have much of a problem.

Cold rinsing not only works better, but it keeps the clothing more bacteria free until they get dried.

John

Ok, I'll download the service (schematics) here then.
I studied the diagram, and came up with a relatively simple modification.
It will be a relay, controlled by the timer mech SPDT switch, which controls the water solenoids. (contacts 3 & 15 = cold rinse power)
Basically, it will kick in during spray-spin, and rinse, and parallel the cold and hot water valves, thus a warm spray, and a warm final rinse-fill.
Cold wash/rinse selection is not affected.
I'm also thinking of putting a defeat switch on the panel, to allow it to still have a choice of cold rinse again.

Here's the files.... I had to convert them to .JPG to upload them.