Can we talk about a 2003 Maytag Neptune washer that took me a full day to fix?

Got a call for one not spinning, figured it was the usual lid switch or motor coupler. Spent 3 hours chasing my tail before I found a single, frayed wire inside the main harness rubbing on the cabinet. It was causing an intermittent short that the control board didn't like. Took another 2 hours to properly splice and reroute everything. Anyone else had a simple wiring issue eat up a whole afternoon?

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riverhill1mo ago

Oh, that "intermittent short the control board didn't like" is the worst kind of hunt. I swear, chasing a single bad wire feels like the universe's way of reminding you that your diagnostic skills are a joke. You start questioning every basic assumption you've ever made. It's always the last place you look, after you've already replaced three perfectly good parts and muttered to yourself for hours.

patricia_wells1mo ago

Yeah, the "last place you look" thing is so true. Reminds me of when my neighbor's dryer kept tripping a breaker. Bettyk53 is right, it is cruel. We spent a whole weekend checking the outlet, the cord, the internal fuse. Turned out to be a single strand of wire from the old braided vent hose touching the chassis.

bettyk531mo ago

Three perfectly good parts replaced before you found it? That's just cruel.