Troubleshooting Procedures

!WARNING

To avoid risk of electrical shock, personal injury or death, disconnect power to unit before servicing, unless testing requires power.

Single Dryer Troubleshooting Guide

Display Is

 

 

Make sure dryer is

 

 

plugged in to live

 

Blank

power source

 

 

 

 

Is the exhaust tube nipple on the side of the display damaged?

 

 

 

No

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Initiates the

Yes

 

 

manual reset

 

 

 

 

sequence

 

 

 

 

 

 

Enter service mode using service switch does display contain a diagnostic code?

Unplug dryer and check wiring

and termination between

transformer, service switch,

and control board.

 

 

Plug in dryer, open

 

 

 

service door is

 

Yes

 

there 26 VDC

 

 

 

 

 

across the service

 

 

 

door. switch?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

No

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Does 115 VAC

 

 

 

appear across the

 

 

 

primary of the

 

 

 

transformer?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Yes

See diagnostic

code guide.

 

Replace the

transformer, inspect

Yes control board for burned components and replace

it if damaged

No

If problem still

exists replace the

control board

Check wiring to transformer and power at outlet.

Abnormal

Unplug the machine

 

 

 

then plug it back in. If

 

 

If problem still exists,

 

 

 

problem still exist,

 

 

Display

 

 

replace the control board.

initiate the manual reset

 

 

Function

 

 

 

sequence.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Maytag MLE/MLG23PRA, MDE/MDG21PRA, MDE/MDG21PNA, MDE/MDG21PDA, MDE/MDG21PDD, MDE/MDG21PND Single Dryer Troubleshooting Guide