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Old 05-08-2008, 05:50 PM
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Default if this is a gas dryer which looking it up says it is eletwic

The way it works is: The ignitor comes on. The coils are on the same circuit. But they will not open. why? because the glowbar/ignitor is robing them of the current needed to open the valve. Clever ain't it. So how does the coils get the voltage needed to open the gas gates and let the glorios sound of hotness come belching out? Simple: The flame sensor is also in the same circuit. They are all one big family, all on the same little electrical circuit. The glowbar/ignotor is robbing all the current remeber. It gets hotter and hotter and hotter, till that flame sensing box mount on the outside by the ignitor just cannot stand it no more. It Kills power going to that glowbar/ignitor and a spike of electricity all of a sudden energises them coil and whoosh the raw gas comes a pouring out onto that cherry red glowthing and Kaboom that gas get lit. It stay lit too until the drum temperature sensing klixon is happy. then that klixon kills power to the gas valve/ignitor/flame sensor. The gas shuts down and the dryer keeps on a trucking along. Just all warm and happy. till that drum temperature just a bit cool. then that klixon says to itself,self? is it a bit chilly in here right now? Lets fire up that gas valve assembly and get a little heat going on up in here. This process repeats itself all through the drying cycle till the clothes are dry.

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