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Check the outside vent leaving your house does not have a screen on it.
Take the screen off. Even half blocked and the dryer will not dry well.
Possible solutions
1. Defective Heating Element
The
heat produced from heating elements is measured in watts and a normal
heating element will produce about 4500 watts of heat. If the heat
element is shorted to the case, this will cause the heating element to
operate on 110v and use only about 1/2 of the element wire. In effect,
the heat produced will be only about 1/4 of the amount that should be
produced and the end result is an increased drying time.
The normal method for checking a heating element is to check it
continuity. With the element unplugged you can check the continuity
from one wire post to the next. If the circuit is open, thent he
heating element is faulty.
However keep in mind that the element could be shorted to the case
as described above. In this situation it is possible to have
continuity, but the element still be the source of the problem.
Let me know.
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2. Defective Heating ElementThe heat produced
from heating elements is measured in watts and a normal heating element
will produce about 4500 watts of heat. If the heat element is shorted
to the case, this will cause the heating element to operate on 110v and
use only about 1/2 of the element wire. In effect, the heat produced
will be only about 1/4 of the amount that should be produced and the
end result is an increased drying time.
The normal method for checking a heating element is to check it
continuity. With the element unplugged you can check the continuity
from one wire post to the next. If the circuit is open, then
the
heating element is faulty.
However keep in mind that the element could be shorted to the case
as described above. In this situation it is possible to have
continuity, but the element still be the source of the problem.
3.Defective Thermostat
The
thermostats are responsible for maintaining the proper temperature in
the dryer. Check the exhaust temperature of the dyer and if the
temperature is above 150 degrees, you will most likely need to change
the operating thermostat.
The thermostat can also fail in the
opposite mode. It can prevent the element from heating at all. A
failed continuity check at room temperature will verify this condition.
There
are some special thermostats that are single pole double throw. These
thermostats are often used to control the timer when set to the
Automatic Dry cycle. If the dryer timer will advance in the Timed Dry
cycle but not the Automatic Dry cycle, then the thermostat could be the
problem.
4. Defective Gas Valve Coil (Gas Dryer Only)
If
the gas dryer will light once but will not relight until it cools down,
it is likely the gas valve coils are faulty. These coils loose some
strength when subjected to heat. When they become old, the addition of
heat may be enough to prevent them from opening the gas valve when hot.
However the coils still work when when cool.
An easy way to
diagnose the coils when the burner is not lighting, watch the ignitor.
If the the ignitor glows for 10 to 15 seconds but no flame is created,
then the coils are faulty. If the ignitor is not glowing the problem
is elsewhere.
Recent Customer Symptoms:
The dryer burner
doesn't always come on when starting. If the burner does come on, once
it goes off if won't come on again until the dryer cools down.
One of these will solve the problem!
Thank You
Huuum.
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