Hi,
If your dryer doesn't heat, check these:
Power from the house
Heating element
Thermal fuse
Wiring
Power from the house
Check
to see whether there's power getting to the dryer. Is it plugged in?
Check for blown fuses or tripped circuit breakers--your dryer uses two
fuses or circuit breakers. The dryer could tumble but not heat if only
one of the two fuses is blown. If you have circuit breakers, one of the
two circuit breakers can trip, even if the two for the dryer are
connected.
Heating element
Often
a dryer heating element burns out, but doesn't trip the circuit breaker
or blow a fuse. The heating element is simply a long coil of special
wire. You can check it for continuity with an ohm meter. No continuity
means the element is bad and you need to replace it--electric heating
elements aren't repairable.
Thermal fuse
On
many dryers, there's a thermal fuse mounted to the exhaust duct inside
the back cover panel. The fuse--which is about an inch long--is usually
embedded in black resin and mounted in a white plastic housing. If the
fuse has blown, you need to replace it. (You can't re-set it.)
Wiring
A
common problem is for the main wiring connection from the house, at the
dryer, to burn and break its connection. Because the dryer can still
tumble with partial power, the connection may be only partially
defective. You may need to replace both the power cord to the dryer and
the terminal block inside the dryer that the wire is attached to.
The problem may lie in the device that controlls the heating element.
Do you have the right part? do the part numbers match?
Thermal fuse
On
many dryers, there's a thermal fuse mounted to the exhaust duct inside
the back cover panel. The fuse--which is about an inch long--is usually
embedded in black resin and mounted in a white plastic housing. If the
fuse has blown, you need to replace it. (You can't re-set it.)
Wiring
A
common problem is for the main wiring connection from the house, at the
dryer, to burn and break its connection. Because the dryer can still
tumble with partial power, the connection may be only partially
defective. You may need to replace both the power cord to the dryer and
the terminal block inside the dryer that the wire is attached to.
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