Hello, I have a Maytag MED9700SB0 Electric dryer that I got used without any knowledge about its history. Its pretty clean inside and out, so seemingly well taken care of.

Anyway, when I run the dryer on any of the automatic settings the "sensing" light comes on and the dryer will run from a few to maybe 10 minutes and then shut off with the "cycle complete" light on. I have yet to see either the "wet" or "damp" lights on, it just skips them, says cycle complete and leaves me with warm wet clothes.

One time with wet towels it was running for nearly 10 minutes and "sensing." So i opened the door, took a wet towel and rubbed it against the sensor bars, closed the door, started the dryer again, and within about 10 seconds the dryer turned off with the "cycle complete" light on.

If I run it on timed dry it completes the cycle without issue.

I have tried cleaning the sensor bars with rubbing alcohol, an eraser, an emery board, and some high-grit sandpaper. The last seemed to extend how long it runs before completing the cycle, but it still only runs for a short time.

Further research says that if dryer doesn't detect moisture by 10 minutes in auto mode that it will shut down. So do I need to replace just the sensor bars, or is there something more that they connect to that is not working properly?


having done a little research, other's experiences seem to point to the temperature thermistor or the moisture sensor bars themselves.

any idea?

thanks for your help

Sean

Thank you for the information. I will check it out.

Sean