[warrengigi]

Hi! I am trying to replace the thermostat- The old thermostat had a tab which connected to one connector of the element the other end was connected to the wiring harness. The new instructions say that I will use a jumper with a male/female connector to connect one end to the wiring harness and also to one connector of the heating element. But that leaves the other end disconnected??? I am so confused. Is there anywhere I can find a picture of it correctly installed? The diagram on the instruction sheet is really little to no help. Thanks so much!

[macoca2005]

Originally Posted by warrengigi

Hi! I am trying to replace the thermostat- The old thermostat had a tab which connected to one connector of the element the other end was connected to the wiring harness. The new instructions say that I will use a jumper with a male/female connector to connect one end to the wiring harness and also to one connector of the heating element. But that leaves the other end disconnected??? I am so confused. Is there anywhere I can find a picture of it correctly installed? The diagram on the instruction sheet is really little to no help. Thanks so much!

I am having the same problem i wished they would have given me the same part i had before... i did not want to pay the 70.00 it cost for a repair man to come out if you found out how to do this will you pls let me know thanks michelle in alabama

[abadfish66]

The instructions say to connect one end to the thermostat and the other end to the element, I can't find where it says to connect it to the wire harness like you mentioned???

To be used on 29” and 27” electric dryers ONLY, this kit is found most commonly on those dryers using the 'short' element, #279838.

1. Replace the thermal fuse, located higher on the side of the element 'can', by removing its two wires and screw(s)

2. Remove the safety thermostat (lower device, near the element terminals).

3. After bending the tab (that holds the original safety thermostat) out of the way, use two screws to install the new thermostat, N3390291.

4. Attach one end of the jumper wire to thermostat and the other end to the element.

If the terminal connects to the thermostat by a 3/16” terminal, then one end of the jumper wire must be cut off. Crimp onto the jumper wire the male/female combination terminal. Attach this male female combination terminal to the thermostat. Remove the 3/16” terminal from the wire harness, and crimp the supplied 1/4” female terminal onto the wire. Attach that wire to the male/female combination terminal.

[macoca2005]

when i unhooked the other wires from the harness. looking at the back of it, from left it had a red wire, a orange wire and another red wire
ok the first red wire went to the thermostat, the second wire was orange and it also went to the thermostat, the third wire red was attached to the element itself on the top . so using a jump wire i was figuring that the first wire would go like normal......it was red to the thermostat.
the orange wire i thought needed to be crimped and placed on the thermostat with the jumpwire and cut placed together..... the other end of the jumpwire went to where the third red wire was and was to be put together, am i wrong? I dont know how to do that or what the other pieces to the package belong to there is a silver bracket and a gold bracket if you look at the picture. this is my delima as well i said this is all new to me and i dont know what the male/female things are is this what they are talking about in the silver and gold?

[abadfish66]

The male/female part you are looking for should be the brass one that has a female end to hook to the thermostat, and the male end to hook the wire to it, so basically you should have 2 wires coming off one terminal of the thermostat and one wire coming off the other end of the thermostat for a total of 3 wires. Does this make sense?

[macoca2005]

Originally Posted by abadfish66

The male/female part you are looking for should be the brass one that has a female end to hook to the thermostat, and the male end to hook the wire to it, so basically you should have 2 wires coming off one terminal of the thermostat and one wire coming off the other end of the thermostat for a total of 3 wires. Does this make sense?

no sorry, can you pls explain the red and orange wires that come from the wiring harness?
the first thermostat has three prongs... the first one had the red wire on it the second on had the orange wire on it and the third wire went to the heating element
ok on the second new thermostat it only had two prongs i know the first one will have the first red wire on it....... what do i put on the second one the orange and jumper wire crimped together? and the other part of the jumper wire to be crimped together with the other red wire..... i know now the male and female components the brass is the female and the silver is the male?

[abadfish66]

First look at the brass connector it has a male and female side on it. It is also called a piggyback terminal, do you see that?

[abadfish66]

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[macoca2005]

Originally Posted by abadfish66

First look at the brass connector it has a male and female side on it. It is also called a piggyback terminal, do you see that?

Yes, i see it.

[abadfish66]

Cut off one end of the jumper wire, and crimp on the brass male/female terminal. now attach one end of the jumper to the heater and the other end to the thermostat. Now the wire that came from the wire harness, cut off the end and crimp on the silver teminal and attach that to the male/female terminal you just attached to the thermostat. now the left over wire will connect to the other side of the thermostat.