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deerslayer641  
#1 Posted : Tuesday, November 2, 2010 4:51:30 PM(UTC)
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This dryer has been working fine until today. When my wife turned the "on" switch nothing happened. I checked out the circuit breaker and it was not thrown. There is NOTHING happening. The light inside does not turn on and I can not here anything when I hold my ear near the timer. Any suggestions?
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denman  
#2 Posted : Wednesday, November 3, 2010 12:57:14 AM(UTC)
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I think your model number shoukd be PYE3200. It is missing 3 letters on the end.
Here is the parts breakdown fora PYE3200AYW. It includes a wiring diagram.

Did you try flipping the breaker off/on slowly a couple times. Sometimes you can loose half the line and not trip the breaker.

It would be best to check the power with a meter.

L1 to L2 should be 240 volts
L1 to Neutral and L2 to Neutral, both should be 120 volts.
If OK
Unplug the unit and check the wires at the terminal strip in the machine to make sure none are loose or burned out
If OK
Check the power at the terminal strip.
Be careful as 240 volts is lethal !!!

If power is OK then the thermal fuse would be next on the list
Part number: AP4242472
Part number: AP4242472

They are the small thermostat devices in the picture. The kit includes one for gas ans one for electric units. Also includes the hi-limit thermostat.

It is mounted on /near the heating coil.
Should be 0 ohms.

If it is blown you have to find out what caused it to go.
Note: that sometimes they do just blow on their own but changing it without checking other things is a gamble. I beleive richappy (another regular poster on this forum) has done a study on thermostats and found a wide variation of actual trip point and what is specified.

Check the heating coil.
Unplug the unit and both wires to the coil.
Check it with a meter, should be around 12 ohms.
Then check from each side of the coil to the case/frame, both should be infinite ohms (open). If not the coil may have sagged or broken and is touching the case. This can cause it to run on high and the thermostats cannot regulate it.

If the above is OK then you will also have to replace the hi-limit as it should have regulated the temperature so the fuse did not blow.

You still have to find out why it blew.
Check that the belt is OK.
Check the seals (drum etc) in the unit. The air is pulled over the heating coils, through the drum and pushed out the exhaust. So any large seal leak will pull in room air and the cycling thermostat on the blower will run the unit hot.
Check that the lint filter is not coated with fabric softener residue which greatly reduces air flow.
Check/clean your vent system.
Check/clean the blower wheel.

If all OK you may want to replace the cycling thermostat as it's contacts may not be opening (welded shut).
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