The International Space Station

Well, we've all heard about the International Space Station or ISS. 

Did you know that the ISS travels around 17,200 miles an hour? 

Wow, I could get to work really quick at that speed! You can now look up tracking info on the Internet to see where the ISS happens to be over the Earth or even look for the next time you can see the ISS in the sky over your city... 

Here is the NASA link: https://spotthestation.nasa.gov/ 

I wonder if the ISS has a Maytag Neptune front loader on board? If so, they better order a replacement 12002535 wax motor for the door latch from www.neptunewaxmotor.com.

Until next time...

Taken from another Blogspot blog

I did not see a comment button on your blog Jeanne so I thought I would respond to your blog via my Maytag Neptune Washer blog. 

"For the past 11 years, I've had a front loading clothes washer. I had a first generation Maytag Neptune until last week. Buying a new washer was not a planned household expense, but the old one had recently gotten REALLY LOUD, which meant it was starting to fail. 

I was warned by a repair person that it would start to leak soon because a bearing needed to be replaced. After finding out that it would be $900 to repair it, it was apparent that it was time for a new washer. I replaced it with a Frigidaire Affinity. The reason I'm writing about this, is to share with anyone with a top loading washer, how little water a front loader uses, how gentle it is on what you're washing, and how much cleaner everything gets.

 

A top loader can use up to 40 gallons per cycle, but a front loader uses 7-10 gallons per cycle. An added plus with my new washer is that it sucks the water out of everything you washed so well, that it is now taking half the time to dry each load. It used to take 40-60 minutes in the dryer, per load, but now, using the same setting on the dryer, it takes about 20 minutes. Nice! Not only does my front loading clothes washers help with a lower water bill, an unplanned benefit will also be a lower natural gas bill due to less dryer use. Posted by Jeanne Williamson on Friday, August 08, 2008 Labels: art supplies, something to think about " 

Hi Jeanne Williamson... You could have fixed your Maytag Neptune for about $85.00. In addition, you can get the new bearing and seal kit from www.neptunebearing.com. They even rent the revolutionary Neptune Bearing Tool Kit which makes the bearing replacement about a hour or so job! 

Don't forget to replace your door latch wax motor if you have a MAH3000, MAH4000, MAH5500A or a 2000 stacker series Neptune or your control board will be damaged. See www.neptunewaxmotor.com for details A.S.A.P.! Sorry you purchased a new machine at a great expense... 

Please tell all of your relatives, family and friends about the Neptune bearing kit and the door latch wax motor information.

Until next time

My profile picture source...

Ok.... Folks keep asking me about my profile picture and what those straps are for? I cropped my profile from another picture that was taken in Walt Disney World in Florida back in February, 2008. Here is the whole picture:

The straps are from a back pack I was wearing for my three year old son, Andy. 

Yes, it was a little too small for me... We had just departed from the paddle boat in the background. We were the last cruise of the day.

Maybe I will find another picture to use for my profile?

Neptune Bearing Tool Anouncement

I wanted to let all you Neptuners know that I just acquired another revolutionary Tony Tool to rent out.

This brings my fleet to six Tony Tools. By knowing this information when your Maytag Neptune bearings start squealing in spin cycle simply check out www.neptunebearing.com for the bearings, seal kit and the Neptune Bearing Tool Kit rental. 

In the end, you will save a lot of money by not replacing your Neptune's expensive outer tub and even labor because the tool helps you complete the bearing replacement in about an hour or so! 

A service tech will quote you between $900 and $1100 to replace your outer tub just because the seal and bearings are shot! Don't forget to change your door latch wax motor, part 12002535, if you have the MAH3000, MAH4000, MAH5500A or the 2000 stacker Neptune before your control board is damaged. 

Every Neptune that shipped with the original wax motor will fail... See www.neptunewaxmotor.com for details.

Until next time...

UPS Tracking Number 7059187205

Warning! If you get an email with the 'UPS Tracking Number 7059187205" in the subject line from 'UPS' don't open it. 

I received this email after our IT guy notified us of it. I sent this email to my home email address and my McAfee virus software did detect it. 

Here is what McAfee reported to me: ****************** McAfee VirusScan******************************* Alert generated at: Monday, July 21, 2008 5:03:34 PM ****************************************************************************** 

McAfee VirusScan has detected a potential threat in this e-mailsent by "Jeff Hartman" The following actions were attempted on each suspect part: The attachment "ups_invoice.zip" is infected with one or more Trojans: Generic Downloader.ab. This attachment has been quarantined. 

So, when receiving emails you don't expect... Don't open them especially if it is a .zip or .exe type file.

These are tricks folks play to download bad software on your computer such as trojans and viruses. 

Thank goodness the Maytag Neptune front loader is not attached to the Internet... Although, I've seen the web enabled frigerator that connects to the Internet so I imagine it is only a matter of time before everything is connected. 

So when your Maytag Neptune gets a virus and won't wash your clothes please see my http://www.neptunewaxmotor.com/ or http://www.neptunebearing.com/ sites for a cure.

Until next time...

Neptune Control Board resister R43 bad

Q. This is a Maytag washer/dryer stack. 

I press the washer start button. The door lock goes on, the machine makes filling noise, then a minute later it stops. The door lock light remains on. I've tried starting just the rinse/spin cycle, and the same results. 

The repair guy made a service call and reported the machine suffered a power surge that fried the control board. I think his diagnoses is suspect since he did not look at the control board. After he left, I pulled the main control board and found R43 fried. I also found NO evidence of arching or wire damage on the other parts of the washer. 

I've read other posts about Neptune control board resister failures and their causes. I did not see any information on R43. The wire diagram indicates that the "end of cycle signal" inputs to R43. I'm going to install a new control board, but worry it will again fail. Thanks for your help. 

A: Here was my response: Replace door latch wax motor 12002535 too.  When replacing the Maytag Neptune Machine control boards on the stackers, MAH3000, MAH4000 and MAH5500A Neptunes make sure that you have the latest door latch wax motor. It should have the black actuator pin. The defective ones have the brownish actuator pin (matching the wax motor body color). 

When the wax motor fails it will the overheat Q6 triac. This will cause Q6 to short out which applies 120 VAC to the center lead (gate) of triac which burns R11. R43 can also burn when the wax motor fails. It is an 18K, 1/4 watt, 5% carbon type resistor. 

See MAYTAG NEPTUNE WASHER R11 Q6 REPAIR KIT + 12002535 WAX MOTOR for disassembly pictures and a video on replacing the R11 and Q6. 

If you have R11 burnt, STOP! don't keep trying to start machine or you can further damage control board or even damage the motor control board located near the floor. You will want to cut out R11 and Q6, making sure that no Q6 pins can touch to prevent any further damage. 

After Q6 and R11 are clipped out you can try to start machine. Everything should work except the door will not lock and you won't have the spin cycle. If the water flows correctly, and the timer works normally then your board should be repairable with the Q6 and R11 repair kit offered on the mentioned site above. 

If the water does not flow then your control board suffered more damage and will need to be replaced and these may be available on same site as well.

Until next time...

A blast from the 80's Tech Revisited

Wow, I just took a trip back into the 80's... What a ride those years were with advancing technology? See http://electronics.howstuffworks.com/80s-tech4.htm to see for yourself. I was in high school when a lot of this technology was emerging and I found it to be fascinating... and expensive at first. 

They failed to mention my first computer, the Sinclair ZX81. It was a kit I purchased for $99 and built that I learned 'Basic' programming on. The Sinclair basic was 'token' based, which is a little different than the regular basic and it was designed to save memory. When you only have 4K bytes (before the 16K ram pack) you had to use memory sparingly. 

I wonder if the Maytag Neptune front loader will make it into the 90's Tech Revisited article? 

Speaking of Neptunes, if your Maytag Neptune needs TLC then see www.neptunewaxmotor.com and www.neptunebearing.com for repair information, parts, moral support, etc.

Until next time...