Here's how to modify a SpeedQueen AWN542 to get a warm r
Rinse temperature modification instructions for the Speed Queen AWN542
These directions were written for the Speed Queen AWN542SP assuming the person doing the repair is standing in front of the machine at the time of the repair. Time needed is fifteen minutes or less.
1. PULL THE PLUG! Cut any electrical connection to the washer before you do anything else.
2. Using a ¼ inch socket, remove the 3 screws at the top and behind the console. You only need to remove 3 screws; one in the middle and one at each end. All three screws are vertical. Remember to turn them to the LEFT to loosen and RIGHT to tighten. (When you’re done and buttoning up, tighten these screws VERY gently. When starting them into the hole it helps to gently rock the console back and forth just a bit to help the screws find their grooves.)
Once the screws are removed and the console is loose, very gently roll the top of the console back towards you paying very close attention to any strain on the wires inside. Don’t ever place a strain on any wires.
3. Use the pliers to pull the Black/Pink wire off of terminal #4 then tape it securely with electrical tape, covering it so that it can never come in contact with any metal surface. Fold it over and tape it again to be sure. Use a very small electrical zip tie to secure the tape so that it will never come loose.
4. Locate the grey wire, which you will notice goes down the thru-hole to the motor with the rest of the wires. When you cut the grey wire, cut it far enough to your right so that you leave the grey wire leading up out of the thru-hole long enough that it has plenty of slack when it attaches to terminal #4 in order to avoid ever having a strain on it which could cause you much grief later on. This will leave the grey wire leading from the timer short so add wire to it using a 12 inch piece of either grey or yellow (grey is hard to find so I suggest yellow as there is no other yellow wire in the harness) wire using an 18 gauge insulated butt-splice crimp connector. Strip 3/8 inch of plastic off of each wire for the butt connection.
5. Locate the single grey wire that leads up from the thru-hole and strip ¼ inch of plastic covering off of the end. Twist the wire strands together and insert it into the 18 gauge female connector opening and crimp it, then connect it to terminal 4.
6. Use the pliers to pull the black/blue wire off of terminal L and cut off the connector as close as you can in order to leave the wire as long as possible. Strip 1/4 inch of the plastic cover off and twist the wire strands. Join (twist) the black/blue wire to the grey (or now yellow) wire that leads from the timer mechanism and insert both into the 16 gauge female connector and crimp together. (if you like you can trim some of the extra wire from the 12 inch piece that you added earlier before you join it with the black/blue wire but make sure you don’t cut it too short) Now that the black/blue wire and the grey (or now yellow) wire are joined, connect to L.
This is how it should look when you’re finished –
A. The grey wire that leads up from thru hole is connected to 4.
B. The red wire never moves from terminal 3.
C. The black/pink wire is tapped off securely and out of the way.
D. The black/blue + Grey (or now yellow) wire from timer is connected to L.
You will now have a hot water rinse when you set the wash temp to hot, a warm rinse when set to a warm wash and a cold rinse when set to a cold wash.
Tools and parts you will need:
One female 18 gauge non-insulated push on wire connector
One female 16 gauge non-insulated push on wire connector
One male push on wire connector
One 18 gauge insulated butt connector.
a wire stripper
a wire crimper
a small pair of square nose pliers
a small wire cutter
a 1/4 inch socket and driver
a one foot long piece of grey or yellow insulated 18 gauge stranded insulated wire
a knife or scissors
a very small electrical zip tie to cinch around the end of the taped up back/pink wire to insure the electrical tape never comes loose.
a flashlight or work light and someone to hold it for you
Electrical tape
Tips:
1. Sometimes wire connectors have hidden ‘burrs’ on them so you should ‘exercise’ the wire connectors before you start by inserting a male connector into the female connector to insure that there are no burrs in the female connector. You’ll only be installing the female connectors onto the terminals but a male is needed for the ‘exercise’. By fitting them together once or twice you’ll remove any potential burrs which will make connecting them to the washers terminals much gentler, greatly lessening the risk of doing any harm to a terminal.
2. Because insulated connectors are a bit more common you might find it easier to find and buy insulated connectors and then use a sharp knife to cut the plastic insulation off. Remember to leave the insulation on the butt connector. High heat connectors are probably the best quality.
3. Using a sharp knife to cut off the plastic wire covering is a very common rookie mistake and a bad idea. (learn from my mistakes) It’s very difficult to strip wire with a knife without cutting some of the copper strands and you don’t want to lose any so make sure you use a good quality wire stripper to cut the plastic wire insulation. Once you cut the plastic, gently pull the cut plastic off with your fingers rather than using the stripper to pull the plastic off because you'll lose far fewer wire strands by using your fingers.
4. If you intend to leave your washer in place for this repair (as I did) you’ll find a mirror very handy to see where the screws are located on the back of the control panel.
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[this post was last edited: 9/7/2013-14:34]
