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Chuck Borsari  
#1 Posted : Saturday, December 18, 2010 3:49:16 AM(UTC)
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Dryer turns, but suddenly no heat. Perhaps it's the dryer thermal fuse? Literature says fuse "is located on the blower wheel cover." Where is that located?
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#2 Posted : Saturday, December 18, 2010 4:41:04 AM(UTC)
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If you go to the Sears parts site they have part breakdowns.
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Dryer turns, but suddenly no heat. Perhaps it's the dryer thermal fuse? Literature says fuse "is located on the blower wheel cover." Where is that located?[/COLOR]
This is inside the unit by the motor.
This will not be your problem as this fuse kills power to the motor.

It could be the thermal cut-off (fuse) mounted on/close to the heating coil.
If this is blown there are other things that have to be checked before replacing it.
Also could be the heating coil is burned out.
Remove the rear cover to see the above.

The first thing to check is power to the unit.
Try flipping the breaker off/on slowly a couple times, sometimes you can loose half the line without actually tripping the breaker.
If this does nothing, check the voltage at the plug
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.
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The heating coil requires the full 240 volts.

Here is a link with basic dryer repair help.
http://www.applianceaid.com/dryers.html

If you do not own a meter, I would suggest you purchase a one. You can get a decent digital multimeter for under $20.00. You do not need fancy though it is nice if the leads are a couple feet long.
If it saves ordering one unnecessary part it has paid for itself and you end up owning a useful tool.
Most places will not let you return electrical parts so if you order it, you own it.
A couple things to watch when measuring ohms and continuity
1. Always remove power from the machine otherwise you could blow your meter.
2. Always disconnect at least one side of any device you are checking. This eliminates the possibility of measuring an alternate/parallel circuit path.
3. When checking for closed contacts and continuity use the lowest scale (Usually 200 ohms). Then try higher scales. This scale is 0 to 200 ohms so if the device you are measuring is 300 ohms this scale would show an open circuit which it is not, you are just measuring outside the scale's dynamic range.

There is a good STICKY at the start of this forum about it's use.
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