Polit light will not stay lit after letting up the red lever on a Maytag DG606

[maytag85]

Interesting thing is I don’t hear the high limit thermostat click off on my DG306 unless the lint screen is full, and I did a quick test with the 120F low heat thermostat and the burner cycled 2 times on 10 a minute dry time with no clothes.

John do you know where I can find a 120F low heat thermostat? Borrowing the low heat thermostat off of my Maytag DG810 until I can find a replacement since the thermostat since it’s stuck closed and didn’t really want to cycle the heat off

 

[jeff_adelphi]

120F thermostat

 Supco SHL120

Amazon.com

 

[fanofjesus]

Thanks a dried a couple of towels. I pulled them out after about 45 minutes. They were dry. I did not wait for the bell to go off. I think the burner was on all the time but that sound about normal.

 

[fanofjesus]

I replaced the thermostat the new one rated 130 the old one was 135 or 140.

 

[fanofjesus]

Is that ok?

 

[fanofjesus]

One of the previous owners wired the two wires together that go to the thermostat that is in the burner. Will that hurt anything? What does that thermostat do?

 

[combo52]

By Passed Saftey Thromostat !!!!!!!!!!!

It keeps the dryer from setting your clothing on fire, the only way I would use that dryer with the ST by passed is if the dryer is used out doors at least 100 feet away from your house car etc, and with clothing you do not care about.

John L.

 

[fanofjesus]

I did not know it did that. It is in the burner chamber about six inches out from where the main flame comes out.

 

[fanofjesus]

Does it turn the flame off if it gets to hot?

 

[fanofjesus]

You can see it in the third picture down.

 

[fanofjesus]

Sorry make that the forth picture down.

 

[maytag85]

The high limit thermostat on these dryers cuts out at 210F I believe and the reason why they are so sensitive is since the burner is a inch away from a 3” wide felt seal and even a full lint screen on these dryers will cause it to trip since it’s that sensitive.

Haven’t had any issues with high limit thermostat on my Maytag DG306 but one thing AW user QSD-DAN pointed out to me is the standing pilot can cause the bimetallic metal inside the high limit thermostat to get weak and will cycle the burner below operating thermostat temperature and I am not sure if that happened to all gas HOH dryers but that is what QSD-DAN pointed out to me when I created the thread about my 1973 Maytag A606 and DG606 (DG306) I acquired last year

 

[qsd-dan]

I agree with combo52, get that high limit thermostat in the circuit PRONTO, you're asking for trouble!

High Limit Thermo
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Maytag-301...138232&hash=item25fa99c431:g:K8cAAOSwKp1eHQlI

Cycling Thermo
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Genuine-Ma...623499&hash=item1a32208385:g:kFcAAOSwOAZZhNg-

The cool down thermo should be a 303394, verify it's the correct one.

 

[fanofjesus]

A big Thanks qsd-dan super helpful.

 

[fanofjesus]

Should all the thermostats read close to 0 if good and read 1 if bad on a multi-meter?

 

[combo52]

Restance of the thermostats on a MT DG606 Dryer

The operating and safety should read O ohms when they are cool, the cool-down thermostat [ TS ] should be open if the TS is less than about 120 F

 

John L.

 

[fanofjesus]

A big thanks to everyone who helped me. After this I tell everyone I went to dryer school.

 

[bpetersxx]

`11

phoo this is what was wrong with mine

but everyone knows the story