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Thanks for any help in advance. My Estate electric dryer is not heating and I believe I have narrowed it down to the heating coil. I used to own Kenmores because they were so easy to fix, but I'm currently stuck with the Estate. I know when you test a Kenmore heating coil you look for ohms between 5 and 25 and if you get a reading of zero the coil is bad. The Estate heating coil gives me a reading of overload on my digital meter not zero. Does this also indicate a bad coil? Any help would be appreciated.
for some reason the forum selected Electrolux....It is an Estate by Whirlpool
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I know when you test a Kenmore heating coil you look for ohms between 5 and 25 and if you get a reading of zero the coil is bad. Zero ohms is a dead short or do you mean infinite ohms (an open).
The Estate heating coil gives me a reading of overload on my digital meter not zero. Not sure what you mean Depends on whether you have a digital or analogue meter. Unplug the unit Disconnect a wire going to one side of the heating coil. This prevents you from reading an alternate/parallel circuit path. Analogue: Put the meter on it's most sensitive ohms scale. Needle probably stays to the left. This is infinite ohms (open) Short your meter leads together. Needle should move to the right, this is 0 ohms (a short). Measure the heating coil, needle should move to the right and read about 10 ohms. If it does not the coil is open and needs replacing re: it has broken. Digital Put the meter on the most sensitive scale usually 200 ohms. Either no digits show up or flashing digits. This is infinite ohms (open) Short your meter leads together. Should read 00.0 ohms or real close (a short) Measure the heating coil should read about 10 ohms. If you get the same reading as when the leads were not shorted together the coil is blown and needs replacing. This may also help http://forum.appliancepartspros...er-parts-continuity.html. |
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I gotcha....when I short the leads together I do get 0 ohms..when I don't short the leads together I get .OL (overload) which as you indicate above should be infinite ohms..when I measure the coil I get .OL so the coil should be bad. I think the confusion lays in how my meter displays. Thanks for your time.
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Alright..it was the coil..I had wiggled some of the coils earlier to look for a break..didn't find any and the coils looked relatively new..should have checked all of them. Did find a break..Thanks for the help..much appreciated.
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