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Kenmore dryer will not git hot HEATING ELEMENTS is good and thermostat is good

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Hello, Ok if you have checked the heater, hi-limit, thermal fuse and thermostat and they are all good your problem is going to be with the centrifugal switch. This is built into the motor. To check this pull the wire harness off the motor and where you see the 2 big wires going into the plug make a jumper wire with 2 male spades and some wire. Jump this wires and then run a cycle for a few seconds. if the heater comes on you have found your problem. This will require you replace the motor. Hope this helps. Mike

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Most models of electric dryers there are several safeties in place before you get to the element. Power comes from the timer and goes to a snap disc thermal cut out, a thermal fuse, through the element, back through a thermostat and a high limit, and even sometimes going through a centrifugal switch on the motor. This switch will not allow the element to come on unless the motor is running. If any of the components from the timer all the way through the element and back to the original power source are broken, you will have no heat. You can test most of them with a test light or a multimeter on continuity test.

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When you read out the heater and t-stats did you disconnect one of the wires if not it will show continuityalso check the heater again and make sure none of the coils are touching metal casing

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  • Sal De Nov 07, 2009

    could also have a broken wire somewhere

  • Sal De Nov 15, 2009

    also read out the thermal fuse located on top of blower wheel housing

  • Sal De Jan 07, 2010

    make sure you have 240 volts going to dryer and down to heater,problem could be in the house electrical and not the dryer,also make sure 240 is going down to heater,could have a bad timer or a bad motor,also some dryers have an even heat board in the console,a heat relay and a motor relay,the motor relay and the heat relay are the same,you can change them to see if that is your problem

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It sounds like you have done a good job of troubleshooting the issue with your Kenmore dryer. Your assumption that the heating elements, thermostats, and thermal fuses are not the source of the problem since the dryer produces heat on Auto dry settings is correct.
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