Quote:
Originally Posted by srvy
Just disconnect the lid switch cut a piece of electrical wire 3 inches or so long strip each end a half inch. Bend in a U and recomplete the circuit. If it works it was your lid switch. The switch is probably good the plastic cover is probably separated where it joins and gorilla glue will fix it till it wears again.
typed with my trusty nose picker using Tapatalk
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by Bugeater
It's very possible and an easy fix. I think Kenmore is part of Whirlpool now, and they used plastic mechanical switches for many years which we replaced often. It's been a while but i thought those just wouldn't spin but maybe the newer ones are different. More recently I worked with GEs that had magnetic switches that were far less problematic, just everything else sucked about them.
Unfortunately none of them are built to last anymore.
|
If I have the machine going and it is agitating... if I lift the lid it stops. When I close the lid it goes BBBBBRRRRRRTTTTTT.
Would it still do this if it was the lid switch?
I don't have an ohm meter but my dad does and we are heading out tomorrow to go visit them. I'm gonna have him hit the capacitor with a meter and see how well it is holding up. No bulges or visible leaks though so I'm not holding my breath there.
Sincerely.... I greatly appreciate the input of you fine folks.