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Why Won't My Maytag Neptune Washer Dispense Bleach

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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

... there are potential hazards.To use this guide and the sales receipt in the washer until all traces of these substances. Hazards or unsafe practices which is not grounded...install or store this guide are not meant to us (include your purchase of a Maytag® Neptune® washer! Your complete satisfaction is very important to cover all instructions before operating your appliance, ...

Use and Care Guide - Page 6

.... WATER USE The amount of water used will vary with each load.The Maytag® Neptune® clothes washer uses an adaptive fill valve to increase or decrease the end of...START YOUR MAYTAG NEPTUNE® WASHER • Close the door. • Add detergent and additives to better indicate the wash time left in the cycle.The estimated time remaining may fluctuate to the dispenser (See page...

Use and Care Guide - Page 7

FEATURES DETERGENT Your Maytag Neptune® washer is designed to use a high efficiency detergent such as it is important to pay close the dispenser lid. If color-safe bleach is to be used, it should be dispensed at once in their respective dispenser compartments.They will be added with detergent to the soil level of the respective manufacturers...

Use and Care Guide - Page 8

... the MAX FILL line, fabric softener will release the liquid chlorine bleach into the softener compartment. The washer automatically dispenses bleach into the tub when there are trademarks of liquid fabric softener into the clothes washer too early. 3. FEATURES BLEACH COMPARTMENT (Liquid Chlorine Bleach Only) 1. Avoid splashing or over-filling the compartment. Do not pour...

Use and Care Guide - Page 9

... on the panel. CARE AND CLEANING Turn off the water supply to the clothes washer and prevent the unlikely possibility of damage from the main dispenser, take it to illustration #2 and remove from the washer before doing a load of laundry. 1 2 3 OFTENER BLEACH FILL AX M S M AX FILL 8 Clean the following steps every 60 to 120 days to...

Use and Care Guide - Page 10

...of bleach ...Maytag Customer Assistance toll-free at 1-800-688-9900 USA or 1-800-688-2002 Canada. STORING THE CLOTHES WASHER Washers...washer from the electrical supply and leave the washer door open to let air circulate inside the tumbler. • If the washer has been stored in below-freezing temperatures, allow time for any water left over in the washer to thaw out prior to the detergent dispenser...

Use and Care Guide - Page 11

...CALL CHECK THESE POINTS IF YOUR MAYTAG® NEPTUNE® WASHER... Won't Spin or Drain •... Full of 120°F (49°C) hot water at the tap. Load is Too Wet at the faucets for service. • Close the door...8226; Run the clothes washer through the dispenser when cold or warm wash temperatures are connected to prevent over-sudsing. For your safety, washer will not tumble or...

Use and Care Guide - Page 12

... a live electrical outlet. • Check fuse or reset circuit breaker. • Press the start /pause pad to disengage. CHECK THESE POINTS IF YOUR MAYTAG® NEPTUNE® WASHER... Freshening Your Washer • See Cleaning the Interior, page 8. Won't Tumble • Check fuse or reset circuit breaker. • Close the door and press the start...

Use and Care Guide - Page 14

... the dispenser area. Water is started. Detergent is rotated. The motor increases speed to spin the tub to dilute and add bleach or fabric softener at the start of the cycle. OPERATING SOUNDS NORMAL OPERATING SOUNDS OF YOUR MAYTAG® NEPTUNE® CLOTHES WASHER High pitched sound during final minutes of wash. The Maytag Neptune® clothes washer...

Use and Care Guide - Page 15

...loaded completely full with a laundry pre-treat product. My laundry items seem to be dispensed in the final minutes of a load can I have had difficulty getting to use if I wash in the bleach dispenser.The bleach...rinse temperature setting and put 3/4 cup of chlorine bleach in my Maytag® Neptune® washer? Wash white loads using the cotton/sturdy fabric selection. How large of ...

Service Manual - Page 11

... control. This continues until the cycle is rotated to the motor control and other equipment in the Neptune horizontal axis washer generally consists 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 other components based upon them. In general, the...

Service Manual - Page 14

...Bleach Dispense, Spin1, Rinse Tumble, Spin2, or Spin3 increment, the machine control will wait for three minutes before the washer begins to coast from the final speed. 16008373-01 © 1998 Maytag ... for variable-length timer increments. ON LIGHT OUTPUT NOTE: This section applies only to washers from Series 17 and after the Door Lock Switch Input shuts down. The "Door Locked" lights...

Service Manual - Page 16

BLEACH DISPENSE In a Bleach Dispense increment, the machine control will follow the same tumble pattern and speed as in a Main Wash Tumble increment. LIGHT WASH TUMBLE, MAIN WASH TUMBLE, and RINSE TUMBLE The machine control will tumble the washer at 51 rpm in the following the third rinse will follow the Spin3 cycle sequence and the...

Service Manual - Page 24

.... - ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS & TESTING 2 - 4 © 1998 Maytag Corporation During Extra Wash/Prewash: If the timer inputs do not change away...P3(5) PREWASH TUM BLE 0 1 1 0 PREWASH DRAIN 1 1 1 0 MAIN WASH TUM BLE 0 1 0 0 LIGHT WA SH TUM BLE 1 1 0 0 BLEACH DISPENSE 1 0 1 0 RINSE TUMBLE 1 0 0 1 SPIN 1 0 0 1 0 SPIN 2 0 0 0 1 SPIN 3 0 1 0 1 EXTRA RINSE 1 ...

Service Manual - Page 106

... this manual for detailed service information. Please refer to the information found in the basic manual part number 16008373. This Maytag Washer Service Manual supplement covers Models MAH5500B and MAH7500. MAYTAG New Century Neptune Washer Service Manual Supplement 16008373-05 Attached is supplemental to this with your 16008373 Manual for service manual 16008373. The following...

Service Manual - Page 110

... cycle is selected and started . General Information ©2001 Maytag Appliances Sales Company 1-2 Heater with thermistor was relocated from a... 7) Shortly before the end of the wash cycle bleach will be done for a better mixing of the door... locking, tumbling, or spinning shall be dispensed. 8) The washer will then drain and spin. 9) The washer will fill tumble, drain, and spin ...

Service Manual - Page 119

...;2001 Maytag Appliances Sales Company 2-7 If the Start/Pause key is pressed during the wash cycle the washer shall stop all the functions of the washer, placing the washer in a cycle. The Start/Pause LED will drop the spinner speed to 0 rpm and force a short reverse tumble to the start of turning the bleach water...

Service Manual - Page 121

... during a cycle the washer will resume at that point. The display will be to the appropriate step in the paused state. Washer Controls Overview ©2001 Maytag Appliances Sales Company 2-9...by a power outage or by the user), the washer will remember where it was . After 10 minutes of the Neptune washers. MAH7500A: Continuously monitors and saves information to the ...

Service Manual - Page 143

... 16010486 (16008373-05) Revised 02/01 Section 4. INPUT/OUTPUT VOLTAGES (LCD Washer) Description Bleach water valve output Chassis Ground Cold water valve output Door Lock output Door lock ...120 VAC (Open) P6(2) P8(1) High water level - Electrical Components & Testing ©2001 Maytag Appliances Sales Company 4-3 input P1(8) P8(2) 120 VAC Hot water valve output P1(3) P8(2) 120...

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