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Danby DCD5505W Electric Dryer Questions & Answers
Running with no heat
Check for a blown thermal fuse or a faulty heating element. Both components should be located inside the rear of the dryer. The thermal fuse is about an inch long and is usually attached to or near the exhaust duct. Both components can be tested using a multimeter or ohmmeter. Check for continuity. A lack of continuity will indicate a faulty component. Really sorry for your trouble and I hope this helped. Best wishes.
Dryer pauses several times and
so it is drying clothes but is taking forever:
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so the dryer is not heating:
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these should fix the problem Good Luck Tim
My danby dryer keeps shutting off and turning on and the clothes take forever to dry
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ELECTRIC Dryer no heat or little heat, or shuts down to fast:
Check your venting and lint basket. Check blower for lint build up and blower wheel obstruction., test by trying to turn the wheel manually by hand (should be easy) May have to remove cabinet or front/back plate to get to it)
Next check the heating element itself with a meter for continuity OHMS CLOSED CIRCUIT. If not its defective or has a short if its grounding out? Which in turns causes blown fuses or thermostats or overheating.
Check dryer Terminal block prongs both outside prongs should give combined 220, and 110 each if u check 1 outside & 1 center (ground) prong. Also check house electrical outlet for full voltage. 220 because if u only get half or 110 volts you will be able to run the machine which uses only 110 to run motor but not the heater which uses a full 220,
Check the thermal cut off, the cycling and the hi limit thermostats.
For continuity or OHMS. If no ohms or resistance they need replacement.
In some dryer's the control panel relies on a thermistor rather than a CYCLING thermostat to regulate the drum's air temperature by monitoring the component's resistance changes; resistance goes down as temperature increases and up when temperature decreases. Once the drum's air temperature reaches a certain level required to dry clothes, the control panel shuts off the heater. The panel will turn the heater on again and begin another heating cycle when the thermistor indicates that more heat is needed to keep the air temperature constant inside the drum
Lastly check your moister sensor. ( located inside the dryer door usually) Especially if machine seems to shut down early and clothes are still wet.
Test with a meter at room temperature and it should show continuity.
A failed moisture sensor will affect the dryer run time in the automatic moisture sensing cycle but it will not affect the heating of the dryer or the timed cycle. Which are reflected by the thermostats.
Read more :
http://www.ehow.com/info_12203962_check-dryer-thermistor.html
Dryer not turning on
you can try to go to http://www.partselect.com/. at the top of site you will find a tab "Instant repairman". it will ask you a series of questions and give you some ideas of what it could be. sometimes it will provide step by step video on how to fix along with part no. and nearest parts store. I've used this site a few times and it hasnt failed me yet. hope it can help you as well.
Belt replacement
The part number is normally on the belt. You might be able to find an exploded view of your dryer on the internet, perhaps in an online manual, with the part number listed. Once you have the number you can google the number of go directly to the manufacturer.I have found a number of parts this way.
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