My Whirlpool LE7646EQ2 just went out 4/09. The lent backed-up and the dryer overheated causing the dryer to shut down. It does not run at all. I checked the white fuse (bottom left of dryer) it is bad. This is the first thing I will replace.

Note to Tom (kayakcrzy): I know this is an older thread, but I wanted to clarify for others like myself that found this post useful. The thermal fuse is in fact inline with the main power - even on a gas dryer. So if the thermal fuse goes out (which is exactly what happened in my case) the machine is completely dead.

I guess you didn't read the rest of my post. In the case of my gas dryer, the electrical schematic places the thermal fuse inline with the main 120 volt power line. Thus (according to the schematic glued to the inside front toe panel on my dryer), if the thermal fuse blows, the entire machine is out - motor, heating circuit, everything. The schematic references gas valves as well, so I'm pretty sure it's a proper schematic for my gas dryer. I'm not an appliance repair expert, but I have some experience reading schematics. If the schematic is accurate then the thermal fuse stops everything.

Please see the attachment for proof. GDB307pd.pdf (518kb) downloaded 10 time(s).

John

Hmmm. Interesting. Well, now you've seen an exception to that rule. Like you said in an earlier post, the more experience you get, the more you know that you're always learning.

John