Need Help Quick with Maytag A612 Washing Machine

[repairguy]

There is a spring loaded armature, for lack of the correct term, that is between the lid and the switch. There is a piece of metal that sticks up on top of the tub cover. If the machine gets out of balance that piece of metal that sticks up contacts this armature and removes contact from the lid switch shutting the machine down. Opening and closing the lid after this happens resets the armature so when the lid is closed again it allows the lid switch to be satisfied and assumes the operator has redistributed the out of balance load. So if the switch is bypassed the machine will not stop for an out of balance load.

 

[dangerboy]

Ummm... I think my thread sort of got hijacked. This discussion is supposed to be about how I can deal with this lid switch problem from afar and allow my renters to do their washing until I can get the faulty lid switch replaced. I asked a question several posts ago which to my mind hasn't been clearly answered.

Given the type of lid safety switch that my A612 has (see previously posted photo), is the lid switch also responsible for OOB shut off as well?

 

[dangerboy]

Please ignore last post

I reposted the same thing above by accident. I'd delete it but I don't have those priveleges. Please ignore it.

Thanks RepairGuy for the answer to my question.

 

[bendixmark]

lidswitch

The lidswitch may be ok the lidswitch armature may be out of adjustment there is an adjustment screw.Also being in a cabin the voltage to the machine could be low and the motor is quitting when it goes into spin.

 

[turquoisedude]

The low voltage observation made me recall the trouble I had with my '51 Frigidaire that would not spin - I was powering it through a power strip with a weak breaker and it kept popping when the machine tried to spin.

Could the machine be hooked up using an extension cord? If so, try using something of a heavier gauge.