Since I am redoing my home laundry room this is one of the four gas dryers that will be included. This and the 1975 LKM dryer will be the two most used dryers, the Gas Maytag drying center and the 1965 LKM gas Combo will get much less use.
I started servicing the Easy-Clean 100 last week, it was in very good condition and had nothing really wrong with it.
I am doing a few upgrades as I service it, these EC100s tended to be a little noisy because of the blower speed being around 3000 RPMs, the fast blower enabled the centrifugal lint separation system to work. So I took some 3M fire roofing panel [ 3/8" thick galvanized steel with very dense material with a foil on the other side ] I used a mastic and screws to attach panels of this material on the inside of both sides and the floor of the cabinet, it makes a huge difference the dryers cabinet feels and sounds like it is made from 3/4" thick really solid wood now.
The other big change is replacing the standard 22,000 BUT single level gas burner with a modulating 25,000 BTU direct spark ignition burner assembly which lights instantly [ this alone will shave almost one minute off the dryers drying time not having to wait for he burner to light ] An once it lights it never shuts off completely till the heat cuts off for Cool-Down part of the cycle.
The dryer as it came from the factory had four heat levels which are approximately 125F, 135F, 145F, 155F, The modulating burner will keep the exhaust air temperature at around 165F, I am adding a switch on the back of the console to override the factory operating thermostat if I want to use this higher 156F temperature or if I want to use the lower factory temperatures witch will just cause the gas burner to cycle completely off.
I did this modification to my 1975 LKM dryer 30 years ago and it has worked beautifully, 95% of the time I let it modulate at 165F and if I select delicate heat it cycles at 135F.
John L.
[this post was last edited: 8/15/2020-09:34]
I started servicing the Easy-Clean 100 last week, it was in very good condition and had nothing really wrong with it.
I am doing a few upgrades as I service it, these EC100s tended to be a little noisy because of the blower speed being around 3000 RPMs, the fast blower enabled the centrifugal lint separation system to work. So I took some 3M fire roofing panel [ 3/8" thick galvanized steel with very dense material with a foil on the other side ] I used a mastic and screws to attach panels of this material on the inside of both sides and the floor of the cabinet, it makes a huge difference the dryers cabinet feels and sounds like it is made from 3/4" thick really solid wood now.
The other big change is replacing the standard 22,000 BUT single level gas burner with a modulating 25,000 BTU direct spark ignition burner assembly which lights instantly [ this alone will shave almost one minute off the dryers drying time not having to wait for he burner to light ] An once it lights it never shuts off completely till the heat cuts off for Cool-Down part of the cycle.
The dryer as it came from the factory had four heat levels which are approximately 125F, 135F, 145F, 155F, The modulating burner will keep the exhaust air temperature at around 165F, I am adding a switch on the back of the console to override the factory operating thermostat if I want to use this higher 156F temperature or if I want to use the lower factory temperatures witch will just cause the gas burner to cycle completely off.
I did this modification to my 1975 LKM dryer 30 years ago and it has worked beautifully, 95% of the time I let it modulate at 165F and if I select delicate heat it cycles at 135F.
John L.
[this post was last edited: 8/15/2020-09:34]
