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Heating element is hot, but, no heat in drum.

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Disconnect the duck pip from the back of your unit and see if it is hot inside... if it is getting hot then your pip need to be clean.
if it is still the same your drum have felts in the front and the back that go bad, the heat is leak from the drum sides.

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