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I have a 2-year-old GE Adora gas dryer that has stopped working for the 3rd time. After working fine for weeks, when it decides to stop working, a cycle will complete, then won't start again. It will stay broken for a few days, then it will start up once again.
When you press the start button, you can hear the click in the back of the dryer, but the drum won't turn. I know it's not the door switch because if the door is open, you don't get the click, and you get 2 beeps from the control panel indicating the door is open.
A few days from now, it will probably start working again, but I really need it fixed for good...
I understand these dryers don't have thermal fuse, so I'm not sure what to check, and I can't seem to find an exploded diagram anywhere.
Any help is appreciated...
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Update...
I have the top off and much to my surprise, I found a schematic for the power board. I located the "click" from the start switch to the heater relay @ K101. The black wire from the heater relay connects to pin 3 of CM111, which runs through the motor relay @ K100, and to pin 3 on CM100.
I put my multimeter on those two pins that go across the motor relay, and when I press the start button, I don't get continuity. At first glance, this lead me to believe the motor relay at K100 is bad...however, I don't know what's upstream of the blue pin at K101 (the other pin for the heater relay). Something might be broken upstream which would cause a lack of current enough to trip the motor relay...
I'll try to get a scan of the schematic up in case that helps anybody...
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Update ...
Jumpered the pins to short the motor relay and the drum turns (despite the dryer turned off and/or start button pressed). Something not tripping the motor relay, or relay is bad.
Anybody?
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One more update... Put everything back together. Turned on and started the dryer. Nothing happened, as expected. Then, while I was cleaning up in the laundry room, the dryer clicked on suddenly, I sat there while it ran for a minute or two, then clicked off by itself. The display remains on and the digital timer still counts down. I found a relay that's close, at Mouser: 832A-1C-F-S-12VDC Song Chuan General Purpose / Industrial RelaysThis is a SPDT (double-throw) and the relay on the board is a SPNO (normally open). This shouldn't be a big deal as the other pole just won't be connected to anything. I may order this part and replace it just to see what happens. A $2.88 fix is better than a new $190 motherboard...
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Hi - I have the same exact problem and was wondering if the new realy worked?
Thanks!
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Originally Posted by: dki  Hi - I have the same exact problem and was wondering if the new realy worked?
Thanks! Nope, didn't work. So, because we needed the dryer back in action quickly, I just ended up making a service call. As expected, guy just replaced the entire motherboard, and I was able to convince him to let me keep my original motherboard that he wanted to take back with him!!! (to repair and reuse no doubt) Long story short, you'll need that exact relay. One day I'll look again, and try to fix my original motherboard...
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Oh - well - I will try to locate the relay and let you know if I find it. thanks for your help!
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Cool thanks! Maybe that will prompt me to look too, and get that old mobo fixed so I have a backup when it dies again... Gotta love electronic appliances...
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ordered the relay from Future electronics - www.futureelectronics.com $1.85 plus $15.00 for shipping express (2-3 days). I'll let you know if it works!
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