I've cleaned out the vent tube, but the dryer is taking longer and longer to work. Some loads have heat, while most are luke warm at best so they never dry. Could this be a problem with the gas flow, maybe a solenoid? Any help is appreciated!
Also check the gas coils on top of the gas valve odds are if the heat comes on for a little while and shutts off the coils are getting hot and falling out let me know if this works
Most of the time... the gas valves work or dont work... I would try taken off the vent hose all together and check to make sure you have a good blow or flow of air out at the exhast of dryer and to see if you are really getting heat out of it. also if you look close in the back thu the wholes back there you should be able to see if you burner is firing or not
Not sure what u mean... it should reach somewhere around 150 temp. and cycle down to about 120 and back again...
what temp are u reaching and is it cycleing at all?
if you have a omh meter.. omh out the thermostate and make sure there good
The burner should come on tell the exhast is about 150 give or take 10 degress or so... should take ALEAST a few minutes when empty, will stay on much longer with wet clothes in it.
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I pulled the vent hose off and verified that the air is coming out full force. I also checked and saw the glow from the burner. However, a load that may have started hot quickly turns cold. Any thoughts on whether the timer switch may be causing this? Perhaps it's faulty.
How quick are the cycles supposed to be? I've noticed that the heat fires up for only about 10 seconds. That doesn't seem right!
Thanks,
Kev
Thanks for all the help everyone. Unfortunately, under the mounting pressure of a pile of laundry, I had to call in some local experts! I will however report back what they find this evening.
Regards,
Kev
Indeed, it was the gas coils! Thanks for all the advice to everyone!
Kevin
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