Dryer will not start. has been just shutting itself off recently before cycle was complete. turned off this time and will not start again. we have back panel off and all wires look to be connected. any possible solutions you have would be great.

SORRY TO HAVE TO TELL YOU BUT Dryer runs then shuts down wont start up for an hour:
Bad motor windings

I would bet you have a bad sensor. There are a couple of sensors that monitor heat. When it gets too hot they shut it down as a safety precaution. Once it is cool enough it will start up again.

How old is your dryer?

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The most common causes are the belt breaking or jumping off, or the motor going bad...

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heatman101

If it happens during the auto-drying cycle, the moisture sensor could be faulty.

If it happens during the timed cycle, the operating thermostat may be faulty. A faulty operating thermostat can fail to turn the heaters off and allow the dryer to get too hot. When this happens, the high limit thermostat will turn off the machine. After it cools down, it will start again.

coil starts and then cools down

Get a new timer. It is not that expensive and the wiring is fairly simple.

OK, here's what it sounds like to me: The line going around the display should only be seen if you selected "Wrinkel Care" function for that cycle (and with the freshen up cycle, I beleive). With that option in use, after the dryer shuts off, if you do not open the door or turn off power to the dryer the dryer will display the moving rectangular segments and every 6 minutes the dryer will turn itself on and tumble for 10 seconds with no heat (to keep clothes fluffed up and prevent wrinkles from setting in) and will continue this cycle for up to three hours. The "Freshen Up" is the steam cycle used to remove wrinkles from 1 to 5 garments, like things that were all wrinkled up in your suitcase. Try drying with a normal or permanent press cycle, or a timed cycle. If you have additional questions or concerns, let me know.

ck to see if a wrinkle guard button is present or some such control if option is turned on most dryers will come on shut off like that for up to 12 hrs before completely shutting off this helps reduce wrinkles in clothes not removed from dryer when dry cycle completes ..if you can find owners manual consult if for a better explantion

yes it does sound like the timer itself. sometimes if the timer has a bad contact then the timer will loose power as it goes around. by turning the timer around 1 time it resets the contact and it starts up again.