Here is the parts breakdown, includes a wiring diagram
Replacement parts for MAYTAG PYE2300AYW Dryer - Ele | AppliancePartsPros.com[COLOR="Blue"]About a month ago the dryer would stop halfwaythrough the longer time adjustable cycle then stopped working using that cycle. It would still work on the shorter cycles like delicates. Unit completely stopped working yesterday.[/COLOR]
Not sure what is going on here.
When you say stopped working I am assuming it stopped tumbling.
Could you restart the unit right away or did you have to wait a couple minutes?
If you had to wait then a likely cause is the motor overheating and tripping it's internal thermal protect (thermostat). You thn have to wait till the motor cools down before it will re-start.
If it is the motor overheating there could be several causes:
1. The motor is toast
2. The drum is putting too much load on the motor. Try rotating the drum manually in the correct direction. It should rotate fairly easily. You may want to try this on a couple other units to get a feel for it.
3. The motor is clogged up solid with lint.
4. The start (AUX) winding disconnect centrifugal switch is not opening.
This usually requires a motor replacement as the switch is built into it.
Could be that now with it not starting at all, the motor has burned out or the thermal fuse (Item5 Section 5) is blown.
If you do not own a meter, I would suggest you purchase a one. You can get a decent digital multimeter for under $20.00. You do not need fancy though it is nice if the leads are a couple feet long.
If it saves ordering one unnecessary part it has paid for itself and you end up owning a useful tool.
Most places will not let you return electrical parts so if you order it, you own it.
A couple things to watch when measuring ohms and continuity
1. Always remove power from the machine otherwise you could blow your meter.
2. Always disconnect at least one side of any device you are checking. This eliminates the possibility of measuring an alternate/parallel circuit path.
3. When checking for closed contacts and continuity use the lowest scale (Usually 200 ohms). Then try higher scales. This scale is 0 to 200 ohms so if the device you are measuring is 300 ohms this scale would show an open circuit which it is not, you are just measuring outside the scale's dynamic range.
There is a good STICKY at the start of this forum about it's use.
