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glc4122  
#1 Posted : Tuesday, October 19, 2010 5:54:26 AM(UTC)
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yes, my dryer will not heat at all? what could be the problem
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denman  
#2 Posted : Tuesday, October 19, 2010 6:59:56 AM(UTC)
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Your model number seems to be missing the first 3 digits.
These digits tell us who actually made the unit.

Possible no heat causes are a power problem (see below), a blown heater a blown heater thermal fuse.
There are other but the above are the most likely.

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.
[COLOR="Red"]Be careful as 240 volts is lethal !!![/COLOR]
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glc4122  
#3 Posted : Tuesday, October 19, 2010 8:23:39 AM(UTC)
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yes, here is the other # on the tag 62738. i checked voltage at plug and get 240 and also at the terminal strip and get the same amount. the heater are you talking about is this the heating element, how can it be checked to see if it is ok, the thermal fuse also?

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#4 Posted : Tuesday, October 19, 2010 3:15:52 PM(UTC)
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Here is an example of the Sears tags
http://www.appliance411.com/purchase/sears.shtml

Yes the heater is the heating element.
Unplug the unit and one side of the element and check it with a meter.
Should be approximately 10 ohms.


Close to the heater there are usually 2 thermostats.
One is a thermal cut-off (fuse) and one is a hi-limit thermostat.
Both should be 0 ohms.

Note: Always remove the connection to at least one side of any device you are measuring this ensures that you do not read an alternate/parallel circuit path.

If the thermal fuse 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 believe 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 10 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 (usually mounted on the blower housing) as it's contacts may not be opening (welded shut).
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#5 Posted : Wednesday, October 20, 2010 5:18:24 AM(UTC)
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yes, thank you for the reply. i have a digital meter and checked the heating element and get reading of 10.6. and also check to see if grounded no visible signs of being gounded and set my meter to 200 scale and get a reading of 1 while touching the frame one element at a time?
glc4122  
#6 Posted : Wednesday, October 20, 2010 5:58:36 AM(UTC)
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yes, in my last post reply i forgot to mention about the test results of thermal cut off switch and hi-lo thermostat.

cut of switch--1

hi-low thermostat---.2
meter set at 200 k ohm for reading

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#7 Posted : Wednesday, October 20, 2010 7:11:39 AM(UTC)
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OK, I am not familiar with your meter but on mine when the connection is open I get no reading (no display) on the meter.
If yours is the same then it looks like the element is grounded.

Try a lower scale (200 ohms instead of 200 Kohms) when checking your thermostat's and fuses.

When ever I use my meter on ohms. I turn it on and check that I get an infinite (open) reading. I then select the scale I want and short the meter leads to check that I get 0 ohms. Sometimes a meter will have an offset at 0 so I am just checking what that is so I know where true 0 is.
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