Model Number: MDE9700AYW
Brand: Maytag
Age: 1-5 years
I had a fire in this unit, not mine it belongs to the school. I just started here or the lint packing the fan and filter port would have been cleaned long ago. The Thermistor wires were compromised and melted together in two places shorting them.
I separated them, wrapped them in Elec. tape (separately) and tested the ohm reading of the thermistor which seems to be in spec. I also checked the other end of the wires (with thermistor plugged in) at the control board and also got the correct ohm reading through the wires and thermistor.
I checked the heating element, and thermostat 1,2 and 3. All check good.
Still get code (tS) actually (ES) with the top leg of the E missing, and a no start.
Could this be the board? Am I missing something simple?