Maytag Motor Wiring

[DADoES]

I changed the motor on my A206 this afternoon. The original motor has an internal start switch. The spare has an external start switch. I connected the wires per the color coding on the start switch, best as I can determine, and the darn thing won't run, trips the circuit breaker. Does that mean the spare motor may be bad? Or am I not seeing the color codes correctly?

Clockwise from left: Orange, Black, White, Brown, Red, Yellow.

 

[goatfarmer]

Looks like it's wired correctly.

kennyGF

 

[DADoES]

Wired as shown, it hums on low speed, doesn't run. High speed immediately trips the breaker. Bad motor? Bad start switch? What continuity should be read with a meter across the various terminals?

 

[Unimatic1140]

Glen why did you change the motor, did the original motor trip the breaker as well?

 

[DADoES]

Original motor does not trip breaker. Low speed won't start on the original motor. Doesn't do anything, not even hum. It does run on low speed *if* high speed gets going first -- get it going on high speed, then quickly switch to the Gentle Action button. High speed on the original motor works fine. The speed switch is OK, I reversed the wires with the original motor, the low-speed problem moves along.

Mayken4now/Steve brought the spare motor last December when we had the mini wash-in.

 

[gansky1]

Does the motor on the A906 work OK? Can't you just play with that? It has a panel light... ;-)

Sounds like you might need another motor for this one.