Maytag Dryer Model Guides — Complete Models Guide

Nine Maytag dryer guides where one letter decides everything. MED is electric — the 4500, 5630, 6230, 7230, B765 and C465 — and MGD is gas, covering the 6230, 6630 and 7230. The numbers after it mostly indicate features and control type, but the fuel letter changes the heat source, the failure list, and what can be worked on without a shut-off valve entering the conversation.

Every page checks in ascending order of cost. Vent restriction and airflow first, because that is what kills the heat-side parts in the first place. Then the thermal fuse and cycling thermostat. Then the element on an MED, or the igniter, coil and valve on an MGD. Then the control. The 6230 exists in both fuels, which makes it the clearest illustration of how one cabinet diverges once the heat source changes.

An electric Maytag holds 240 volts at the rear terminal block until the breaker is off. A gas one adds a supply line, a burner assembly and an igniter that can glow while drawing too little current to open the valve. Lint accumulates inside the cabinet on both, so clearing the vent is part of the repair rather than a suggestion afterwards. EasyBear services Maytag dryers throughout Sacramento and the Bay Area.