I just bought an LG 5955 electric dryer and it won't work properly. I live in a brand new townhouse, so the ducts aren't clogged with lint. Four bars appear at the end of the test phase despite proper installation and venting. The dryer will run but will only run cold; I think the heat won't work due to the failed test phase. Does anyone else have this problem?
Some dryers have what is called a thermo fuse if it overheats due to bad venting the thermofuse opens and need to be replace it whit about 1:lonk mounted on the back of the dryer cost aprox 6.00 thanks from gilles
Hi,
If you are having problems with your gas dryer not heating the most common problem is that the ignitor goes bad. Even though it glows sometimes it is still not working properly.
if you dryer is gas check out this gas no heat tip....
If you have an electric dryer, you can have many different things that can go wrong causing the dryer not to heat.
check out this electric no heat tip...
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I agree that the venting issue (4 bars showing at end of test phase) is the likely cause of the lack of heat... but why am I having a venting issue? My house is a new construction and the venting has been hooked up properly.
Thanks to everyone for the advice. The service man came and his voltmeter showed that there was 120V going to the dryer which could run the drum & the electronics but not the heat. My builder sent their electrician today who fixed a nicked wire, now I've got 240 volts. The problem was NOT the dryer at all. I've been using it and I love it!!!
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