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Use and Care Guide - Page 1

MAYTAG NEPTUNE® WASHER MAH-1 USE & CARE GUIDE Part No. 2206687 TABLE OF CONTENTS Safety Instructions 1-2 Operating Instructions 2-5 Water Use 5 Features 6-7 Care and Cleaning 8 Storing the Washer 9 Reverse the Door 9 Troubleshooting 10-11 Before You Call 12 Operating Sounds 13 Questions and Answers 14 Warranty 15 Guide de Utilisation et d'entretien 16 ...

Use and Care Guide - Page 2

... and warranty information, see page 15. Install and level washer on which you do not understand. Date of a Maytag® Neptune® washer! CAUTION CAUTION - Should you with local and national codes...or death. Hazards or unsafe practices which is located on a data plate on your washer. This appliance must be placed in , or spotted with gasoline, dry-cleaning solvents,...

Use and Care Guide - Page 6

...delay before continuing the cycle. Pressing off cancels the cycle and stops the washer, NOTE: When the cycle is selected. INDICATOR LIGHTS Door locked - ...washer is started after a pause, there will vary with each load.The Maytag® Neptune® clothes washer uses an adaptive fill valve to increase or decrease the end of cycle signal volume. Step 7 START YOUR MAYTAG NEPTUNE® WASHER...

Use and Care Guide - Page 7

... compartments.They will be added with detergent to the soil level of three compartments which reduce or eliminate suds.When less suds are produced, the load tumbles more efficiently and cleaning results are trademarks of detergent used with small or lightly soiled loads. FEATURES DETERGENT Your Maytag Neptune® washer is filling. 2. DETERGENT COMPARTMENT 1.

Use and Care Guide - Page 9

... of damage from the washer before doing a load of dirt, soil or bacteria being run through a complete cycle using water and a soft cloth. Make a solution of gray door seal with a soft, damp cloth. Run the washer through your washer interior. CARE AND CLEANING Turn off the water supply to remove any excess laundry additives. Fill the...

Use and Care Guide - Page 11

...MAYTAG® NEPTUNE® WASHER... Eliminate kinked hoses. For your safety, washer will not tumble or spin unless the door is filling, the water temperature may change as the washer determines the temperature of Suds • Run the clothes washer... hose is a drain restriction, call for obstructions. Load is too small.Very small loads (one or two items) may notice just hot and...

Use and Care Guide - Page 12

...THESE POINTS IF YOUR MAYTAG® NEPTUNE® WASHER... For your safety, the clothes washer will not tumble or spin unless the door is tightly closed . Is Noisy • Clothes washer should be plugged. ... pad. • Turn both faucets on normal operating sounds, see page 13. Freshening Your Washer • See Cleaning the Interior, page 8. Will Not Open • Press the start ...

Use and Care Guide - Page 14

... water during final minutes of the cycle. Water is filling. The Maytag Neptune® clothes washer uses a true adaptive fill and adds more evenly when an unbalanced load occurs. The motor increases speed to spin the tub to make a series of -balance load. Fabric softener is dispensed during a spin cycle. "Whirring" or "Sloshing" sound followed by...

Use and Care Guide - Page 15

... not evenly distributed.This can I do to overload the washer. A. The tub can I 'd like. If the load is heavily soiled it is used , causing oversudsing. At the end of chlorine bleach in my Maytag® Neptune® washer? What causes this? A. During tumble and spin the washer may have stains on the wrinkle free cycle, and...

Service Manual - Page 6

... Timer Chart Prior to Series 17 ...9-2 Schematic Series 17 ...9-3 Timer Chart Series 17 ...9-4 Schematic Series 18 ...9-5 Timer Chart Series 18 ...9-6 Schematic Series 19 ...9-7 16008373-01 © 1998 Maytag Corporation CONTENTS iv MOTOR DRIVE SYSTEM ...8 - 1 DRIVE BELT ...8 - 1 DRIVE MOTOR ...8 - 1 MACHINE CONTROL ...8-2 MOTOR CONTROL ...8-3 SECTION 9. SEAL SYSTEM ...7-6 OUTER TUB ASSEMBLY...

Service Manual - Page 11

... output signals to the motor control and other equipment in the Neptune horizontal axis washer generally consists of these items: - GENERAL INFORMATION 1-5 When the machine control has completed its set of the Neptune washer control system.) Figure 1-7 16008373-01 Prior To Series 17 © 1998 Maytag Corporation SECTION 1. Motor speed and direction, through signals to a desired...

Service Manual - Page 26

...& M a ch in e C o nt r o l P5 (W H11) LIN E RELA Y C O M 120 VA C (BK 27 or BK1) Not Inv o lved Hot W ater Valve P5 (W H11) P7/1 (OR7) 120 VAC or 500-1000 Ohms Not Inv o lved...Not Inv o lved 120 VAC 4T O n Light (Series 17) P5 (W H11) P7/5 (RD 3) 120 VAC Not Inv o lved 16008373-01 SECTION 2. ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS & TESTING © 1998 Maytag Corporation 2-6 FU N CTIO N M A C H IN...

Service Manual - Page 35

... motor control board and the machine control board. Replace the complete door lock mechanism. Shuts OFF During ...or an accumulated fill time of BK 27 to COMM Washer Runs Five Minutes Then Shuts OFF: During... lower, the customer can use smaller clothes loads and reduce the pressure to NO. When...the dispener inlet. 16008373-01 © 1998 Maytag Corporation SECTION 3. If RD30 wire is released...

Service Manual - Page 37

...loose. 16008373-01 © 1998 Maytag Corporation SECTION 3. Clothes Wet: .... Replace the belt. Reposition cap to the washer shutting... down too soon or execessive suds present. The technician should fully seat the door into the shroud evenly prior to tightening the hinge bracket screw into the shroud and the technician fully tightens the top hinge screw prior to seal...

Service Manual - Page 66

... ribs on the boot seal, which engage with slots in the outer tub cover and secured with a ¼" drive socket. OUTER TUB & SPINNER ASSEMBLY © 1998 Maytag Corporation 7-1 OUTER TUB... boot rubber gasket provides a seal between the outer tub assembly and the front shroud. The front baffle mounting screws can now be a potential leak upon replacement of the opening in the ... the washer.

Service Manual - Page 67

...The outer tub cover has a gasket seal embedded in the slots. 9. Remove the cover from the outer tub cover. 4. REPLACEMENT 1. Stretch the rear lip of the washer and secure (See Front Shroud). 8.... TUB & SPINNER ASSEMBLY 7 - 2 © 1998 Maytag Corporation If the wire loop becomes bent, the result will be a potential leak upon replacement of the cover. The cover is possible. Remove the ...

Service Manual - Page 69

..., using a "rocking/side-toside" motion. OUTER TUB & SPINNER ASSEMBLY 7 - 4 © 1998 Maytag Corporation The pulley is cupped, flip the washer on shaft. 2. NOTE: If the washer is secured to access the pulley area. 3. When replacing the spin basket onto the spinner support, replace the washers under the three locking type nuts. Secure the ½" nuts firmly...

Service Manual - Page 70

... (See Pulley Removal). 4. OUTER TUB & SPINNER ASSEMBLY © 1998 Maytag Corporation 7-5 Disconnect power to the spider assembly. 7. Plastic Washer Seal Spin Basket (See Figure 7-5) Spinner Support Spacer Sleeve REMOVAL Figure 7-7 1. REPLACEMENT 1. lbs. NOTE: When the spinner tub support is removed, the shaft seal system should be pulled from the spinner, remove the three...

Service Manual - Page 71

...steel seal face provides the rotating seal surface against the circular rubber ribs in . Figure 7-8 3. OUTER TUB & SPINNER ASSEMBLY 7 - 6 © 1998 Maytag ...seals. This makes for the steel seal face. torque). Position the spacer, replacement rubber seal and steel seal washer into the outer tub bearing area. 6. REMOVAL Figure 7-9 4. Remove the spinner tub support with tabbed washer...

Service Manual - Page 154

... wash cycle. 3. Teardown & Wiring Information ©2001 Maytag Appliances Sales Company 5-6 ture the detergent dispensed into the rubber seal of the tub cover.) 2. Then a complete tub cover removal would be deemed necessary to the washer. 2. To remove, simply push the thermistor out and reinsert the replacement thermistor. This will uncompress the rubber. REMOVAL 1. Disconnect...

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