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If you have voltage on one side but not the other, the fuse is bad. Turn off the power and try to bypass it like I wrote earlier and give it a try.
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Its wierd. I thought the same thing. So I not only connected the two blue wires, but taped them as well, tried to start the dryer and nothing...
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OK, lets try this. Use your meter to measure voltage between the thermal fuse blue wire and the white or white/red at the push to start switch while the timer is set for a cycle, and the start button is pressed. This would check for a complete circuit through everything except the motor.
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Ok tried it with the fuse hooked up correctly and get nothing at the start button while it is pressed. Then I took the blue fuse wires, hooked them togehter, and still get nothing at the red/white wire at the turn on switch.
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Are your measuring between the two wires? One meter lead on the blue wire on the fuse, one on the red/white wire at the switch. Set timer to a cycle, press the start button and hold it down. What voltage do you get?
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When I put one lead on the hot side of the fuse and the other lead on the red white at the switch I get 120...when I use the "dead" side of the fuse I get nothing...make sense?
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Yes. This tells me the circuit is working, but the fuse is bad, and very likely the motor is bad because when you bypassed the fuse, it still didn't do anything. The last thing you can check to verify the failure is to remove the front panel and the drum and take some measurements at the motor. With the fuse bypassed (because we know it's bad) the same check on the blue wire and red/white can be made at the motor connector. If you set the timer for a cycle, and hold down the start button and get 120vac, the motor is bad. You may be lucky and just find a loose wire, but you will need to get to the motor to check it out. Pay attention to how the belt wraps around the idler or it won't go back together so easily.
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I believe I can get to the connector through the front of the unit without taking out the drum...(looks like a but of a pain!). If I disconnect it there I should be able to check the voltage at the white/red wire connecting to the motor. The only thing I will not be able to see is the motor itself. It sounds like the motor may have went bad blowing the fuse?
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Just be careful, the red wires are the L2 side of the circuit and they have voltage on them too. Check between the blue and the red/white and see what you get. If you have voltage to a load (the load being the motor) and it doesn't work, the load (or motor in this case) is bad.
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Ok I am getting 120 on the white / red wire at the connector to the motor...looks like a bad motor?...Guess my wife will get her way...she want a new front load washer and dryer...lol
I appreciate all of your help!
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Dryer Dead?
(Dryer Repair)
by benglett
10/31/2016 5:24:40 AM(UTC)
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