John, here's my suggestion. Don't do anything to it as far as a diagnostic or repair attempt. You may void the warranty and regardless of your expertise. I don't mean to devalue the selection of your refrigerator. I was a maytag owner too and my ice2o fridge didn't last a year. Replaced it with a GE SxS. Maytag is trying to reinvent their already tarnished image. But, that being said, I wouldn't trust them and by all means don't put yourself in a not so pleasant situation.Call the repairman!

If you have the means to build a frame, and have a truck junk yard in the neighborhood, pick up a type 30 air brake chamber, and power it with tap water. The type 30 means that the diaphragm has 30 square inches of area, and with 30 PSI at the faucet, you'll generate 900 pounds of crush. You can make a neato electric control valve by stripping the water solenoids out of an automatic washing machine. You will need two snap switches (like for a wall box to turn on your dining room light) Put one solenoid valve in the supply line to fill the brake chamber, and tee the other one to drain water out of the chamber. If you're crazy enough to tackle this thing, I'm enough of an enabler to give you a specific plumbing and electrical schematic diagram. Just email me with the request.

Your alternator will probably run a clothes dryer if it GAS fueled. The electric load consists of the motor driving the tumbling drum and blower plus the timing drum, and after the initial motor inrush, these are light loads. It'll be a big load for an all electric dryer. Check the nameplate om the appliance to find wattage requirement. Also, you alternator must supply 120/240 V. The heating elements on most all-electric dryers run on 240 V power. If the outside temperature permits, clothes pins seems a good alternative. An aside: You live near the New Madrid site of the largest earthquake that ever struck the USA. It was 3 strong quakes, one in Dec 1811, one in Jan 1812, and the third in Feb 1812, with many after shocks. Just across the river is Reelfoot Lake in TN. This lake was formed during the New Madrid Earthquake. It is a slum zone that filled with water. The town of New Madrid was abandoned and rebuilt in a new location, its present site of today. The residents were fearful to rebuild on the old site. It was happenstance that steam boat, based on Fulton's design, was making its maiden voyage downriver. On board were investors and dignitaries. Up to this time, all steam boats had ended in failure, mostly by exploding the boiler, or machinery failure. These were considered to be too hazardous and unreliable for invertors to support. THis boat was upriver of New Madrid when the quake hit. A major seich rolled upstream on the Mississippi River. It so distrubed the river flow that for a moment it seems that the river had reversed its flow. (It was really a big wave similar to a tsunami.) This wave struck the boat and rolled over it. It pushed the superstructure back, knocked the top of the flue stack, and wrecked the paddle wheel. The crew managed to patch the paddle wheel with on-board boat paddles and other flotsam. With this lashed up wheel, the boat managed to make the landing at New Madrid only to find the dcoks were gone. It anchored at the landing. Because this boat made through this disaster, did not blow up, and the engine continued to work, it was hailed an instant sucess. Investors poured out of the woodwork and within 10 years, there were boat builders along the Ohio river constructing low draft, river steamers. The age of river boat gamblers, banjo pickers, and dance parties had arrived on the river.

Now now, Terri! at one time we had a battery operated blender...just for tail gate margaritas! Margarita slusheys are very good at home or even at a picnic....but I don't think it's a good idea to be mixing while cruising down the highway! LOL!