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I do not understand why you would do that. Especially when it could burn your house down.
The fuse is an additional safety for the hi-limit which is also a safety device. If the hi-limit's contacts weld together keeping the heater on all the time then the fuse blows. Also if the heating coil should ground and then the hi-limit or main thermostat cannot control it then the fuse blows.
So if you have a dryer fire which burns your house down and the insurance company found out that you did this they could say that you are not covered.
If you have a problem with fuses blowing then you have to find the cause. The hi-limit should regulate the heater so that the fuse does not blow. Eventually if the unit is running off of the hi-limit it's contacts will weld together. That is why they include both in the kit, they assume that the hi-limit did not do it's job and is no good. This is not always true as a grounded element can blow fuses as neither thermostat can control the heater.
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Hi.
This are the safety thermostats. I would not recommend to anybody to bypass the safety devise.
Thank you.
Simon.
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I have read that you can use the high limit thermostat (3390291) in place of the thermal cutoff (3398671). We never leave our dryer unattended so if this is safe I would be happy to do it until our replacement thermal cutoff is received.
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