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Guide for Appliance Recyclers <br />Non -mercury mechanimm I witch examples: <br />June 2004 <br />back tab switch B) front tab switch. <br />Source: Vermont Agency of Natural Resources, Environmental Assistance Division <br />(www.anr. stale. vt. us/declead/mercury/appman. poi) <br />Step 2: Remove the washer top (which will include the lid and top section of the <br />washing machine), cut away any wires, and completely remove this section from the <br />main body of the machine. The washer top usually is held in place with spring clips <br />that can be pried loose or with screws that can be unscrewed or banged loose. <br />l I� 'A <br />Source: Vermont Agency of Natural Resources, Environmental Assistance Division <br />(www. anr state. vt. usrdedead/mercury/appman. pdf) <br />Step 3: On the underside of the washer top, attached to the lid -mounting rod, is the <br />mercury switch. Mercury switches are usually blue or black plastic cylinders about a <br />half-inch in diameter and one and one-half inches long with two wires. Washers <br />may have mercury switches that are glass ampoules of comparable size, in which <br />the mercury is clearly visible. <br />Source: Vermont Agency of Natural Resources, Environmental Assistance Division <br />(www. anr. state. vt. usidedead/mercury/a ppman. pdf) <br />13 <br />CJ <br />C7 <br />