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Tried a rubber band trick on a washer lid switch last month and it backfired in a way I did not expect
Had a Whirlpool top loader from 2004 where the lid switch was acting up, so instead of ordering the part I zip tied the actuator arm down just to get through the week for the customer. Two days later she calls back saying the tub would not spin and the whole thing smelled like burnt wiring. Turns out the lid switch also tells the control board the lid is closed during the spin cycle, and my shortcut let it run in a state it was never meant to. Cost me a free service call back to her place in Mesquite and a new switch plus a fuse. What odd bypass fixes have blown up on you guys later?
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laura_allen9d ago
On a Kenmore 110 series from around 2007 I had the same lid switch go bad and I got lucky, the actuator tab just needed a little bend back into place with a pair of needle nose pliers instead of jamming anything down. The switch still clicked like it should and the board saw the right signal, so no burnt smell and it spun fine. That fix held for about two years until the machine finally died for real. Bending the metal back seems to work way better than forcing the switch to stay closed all the time. Your story makes sense though, once you trick the board into thinking the lid never opens, it has no reason to cut power when it should.
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