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Hotpoint NVL333EY Electric dryer blows thermal fuse

posted by rlwhite on Jan 04, 2008


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?
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posted on Jan 04, 2008
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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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