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Posted by Ralph Mowery on September 29, 2006, 8:43 am
> Maytag model MDE4806AYW bought Feb. 2006 started making noise like a
> bearing failing. Stopped it and called for tech. He showed up
> several hours later and it ran fine without noise. Wife moistened
> some towels and shortly noise returned. Stripped covers and all
> seemed fine, not a bearing problem. Checked incoming voltage at 240V.
> He ran the machine and damp towels stayed in one spot as drum rotated,
> no tumbling action at all. He deduced the 240V was spinning the drum
> faster than 220V would preventing the tumbling of the load. Suggested
> we contact Georgia Power and ask about lowering the incoming power to
> 220V. Label where model number was found has "120/240V". Commented
> he has more calls on Maytag than any other.
Have another repairman look at it. The speed of the motor in your dryer is
not determined by the voltage. It is determined by the frequency (60 Hz in
almost all the US) and that is kept almost constant by the power companies.
A higher voltage will cause the heating element to run hotter and could
decrease the drying time slightly, but the dryer should handle anything form
220 to 240 volts without any problem.
He may only be correct in the Maytags give more problems. They used to be
very good machines, but in the last few years the quality has fallen way
down. I think Whirlpool has bought them out in the few months .
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