Maytag LAT blown fuse

[joefuss1984]

A friend of mine has given me a Maytag LAT series washing machine, that a friend of her's gave to her. When I plugged the machine in it would not attempt to do anything. I opened the control panel and noticed the fuse on the lid switch assembly was blown. I had a spare so I swapped it out, plugged the machine in, the lights in the room flickered and that was it. The fuse blew again. Where do I begin to troubleshoot? I have another working machine that I can compare all of the wire hookups to make sure they are all where they should be. Any help is appreciated.

 

[joefuss1984]

bump

Surely someone has some advice?

 

[redcarpetdrew]

Well...

Usually, when the lid switch fuse blows, that indicates a problem with the lid switch assy itself. There are two switches which have to agree on if the lid is open or closed. Any disagreement will automatically blow the fuse. I also think that the fuse will kill the fill part of the cycle but still allow the washer to spin out the load. Sounds like the first thing I might be doing is to check/replace the lid switch assy which comes as a whole assy with fuse. It's black bodyed and p/n should be 22001682. Install and adjust for proper lid switch activation.

RCD

 

[joefuss1984]

lid switch

Thanks, I have an extra one that I know works, so I will swap those around this weekend and let you know what happens.