Dryer get too hot and blows the thermal limiter fuse. Vent is clear and it blows good air. I put the new thermal fuse in and it ran for a bit then popped. Could it be the thermostat?
Comment posted on Jan 04, 2008
I too made sure that the line is clear. It blow a ton of air out the vent, it just gets too hot. There are two thermostats, a safety that mounts on the heater coil housing, the other is the control thermostat that mounts in the blower housing. I think one is not working right, but which one is the problem?
I had the same thing happen, I replaced the thermal cutoff and made sure no lint build up. It lasted a week then blew again. I then replaced it again and got to thinking why it would blow. I then took apart the exaust inside the dryer running fron the drum to the motor and right before the motor was a build up of lint ane particals that was almost like compressed sawdust which was blocking half of the line. I cleaned this out and it seemed to work much better.
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