Maytag MDE17CS Service Manual page 15

When the main door is opened during an
active cycle on a CS or MN dryer, the timer
continues to run using up cycle minutes. To
restart the cycle in progress, the door must be
closed and the push-to-start switch must be
pressed.
Lint filter is located inside the main door and
must be cleaned after each cycle or prior to
the start of a new cycle. A blocked or partially
blocked lint screen will cause poor drying of
clothes and higher utility use. Some softener
chemicals may bind to the lint screen material
and may not wipe clean without additional
cleaning. Hot water and detergent may be
needed to clean the wax build-up on the lint
screen. This wax build-up blocks air flow just
as lint does.
Stack Dryer PD & PN Pricing
After the door is opened following the
completion of a cycle, the display indicates
the cycle price (unless set for free operation).
As coins or debit inputs arrive, the display will
change to lead the user through the initiation
of a cycle.
There are four (4) types of pricing:
Fixed 'vend' Pricing
A dryer set up for 'Fixed Cycle' operation can
only accept additional time accumulated by
increments equal to the length of a complete
dry cycle. A maximum of 99 minutes may be
purchased; no additional credit is given when
99 minutes is in the display.
.
accumulator Pricing
If the price is set to one coin 1, then
accumulator mode is in effect (stack PD
models also require Fixed Cycle with Top
Off option to be selected). Cycle time can be
purchased one coin at a time (PD models)
up to the maximum time of 99 minutes. Stack
PD dryers will credit all money to a cycle with
a single button press while in accumulator
pricing.
Fixed Cycle With Top Off Pricing
(PD models must be set up with this option) A
dryer set to offer 'Top Off' capability will allow
time to be added to an existing dry cycle in
increments equal to the number of minutes of
dry time per coin (coin 1), up to 99 minutes,
regardless of the cost required to start the
dryer. No credit is given for coins or debit
inputs entered when the control is displaying
99 minutes.
PN Models: In Enhanced Debit Mode, the top
off price can be set independently (see VALUE
OF COIN 2), and the top off time is calculated
according to the following equation:
top off price
full cycle price
Hundredth increment offset is not applied to
top off purchases.
Free Cycles and PN Models
This is established by setting the cycle price
to zero When this happens, 'SELECT CYCLE'
will appear rather than a cycle price. Any
cycle started as a free cycle will automatically
terminate when the door is opened.
Debit Card ready
The PN model is not debit card ready, but the
dryer control board is debit card capable.
1-7
top off time
=
full cycle length