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For quite a while, my RCA electric dryer has taken a long time to dry clothes. I cleaned the vents and exhaust duct, which helped to some extent, but it has never been great. Now it is overheating.
I cleaned the vents and ducts again, to no avail. I opened up the dryer from the back and top and cleaned all of the lint out. I have also run the dryer disconnected from the exhaust duct and there appears to be good air flow, but it still overheats. The back of the dyer gets extremely hot. The top also gets hot near the back. While trouble shooting, I opened the door during a cycle and saw the heating element glowing red in the back. Don't know if that is normal.
After running for a while, the dryer shuts off. I assume this is a safety mechanism to prevent excessive overheating and fire.
There are no unusual noises coming from the dryer.
Unfortunately, the dryer came with the house when I bought it back in 1999, and a manual did not come with it.
For safety reasons, I will not run the dryer until the problem is fixed.
Any thoughts? I'm thinking the cycle thermostat, but I'm not sure where it is. To replace, are they all the same, or do I need an RCA specific part? Thanks for any help.
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Did you ever find the problem with that RCA dryer?
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Originally Posted by: painterman  Did you ever find the problem with that RCA dryer? Its been more than a year, I doubt you will see that person back. Are you having the same trouble?
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Yes! Pretty much same model as described...Model DRB2455RALWH. Dryer would get so hot, it would shut off. (I'm assuming the high temp saftey thermostat turned it off.) I just replaced the high thermostat (145 degrees) on the door and the other thermostat mounted on the back. It now seems to be cycling on and off like it should, but the top center in front of the control panel and the back of the dryer are almost too hot to touch. Is that normal? When I take the clothes out, I'll see if they are pretty warm.
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Originally Posted by: painterman Yes! Pretty much same model as described...Model DRB2455RALWH. Dryer would get so hot, it would shut off. (I'm assuming the high temp saftey thermostat turned it off.) I just replaced the high thermostat (145 degrees) on the door and the other thermostat mounted on the back. It now seems to be cycling on and off like it should, but the top center in front of the control panel and the back of the dryer are almost too hot to touch. Is that normal? When I take the clothes out, I'll see if they are pretty warm. Its going to get warm but you should be able to touch the console area. Disconnect the vent front the back of the dryer and run it on the cycle you normally use. Does the dryer feel any cooler?
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IT'S WORKING! ...and do I feel pretty dumb, especially after reading all the instructions to make sure your vent pipe is clear. I cleaned everything I could see and touch in the dryer and in the pipe, EXCEPT, the outside screen where the lint gets caught. After cleaning that out, its working great! I'm sure both thermostats were working fine...I just jumped to conclusions that the problem was in the thermostats too soon! (I now have two back up thermostats that I'll probably never need...and I learned a lesson.) Thanks for your interest in helping me!
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Yes! I fixed it last year. I didn't see any replies. It was the thermostats. I replaced them and it works great.
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Yes! I fixed it last year. I didn't see any replies. It was the thermostats. I replaced them and it works great
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