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Model: NED7200TM	Brand: Amana	Age: 1 - 5 years
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Tripmysterio		#1 Posted : Thursday, June 26, 2014 4:18:27 AM(UTC)
Rank: Member Groups: Registered Joined: 6/26/2014(UTC) Posts: 2		Hi! First time poster. My dryer stopped heating so I took out and inspected the heating element, and sure enough there was a break in the coil. I went and picked up a new heating element and installed it last night, and as soon as I turned on the dryer there was a pop and a burning smell and upon inspection the new heating element had snapped! The red wire side had popped right at the base of the terminal. So now I'm out $80 and scared to buy a new one as it might just break too! I obviously did something wrong. I just have no clue as to what that is.. Any help would be so greatly appreciated. Thanks. -Trip


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denman		#2 Posted : Friday, June 27, 2014 6:03:00 AM(UTC)
Rank: Advanced Member Groups: Senior Expert Joined: 2/29/2008(UTC) Posts: 19,638 Thanks: 1 times Was thanked: 11 time(s) in 11 post(s)		Here are your parts Parts for Maytag NED7200TW10 Dryer - AppliancePartsPros.com As long as you had air flow when the heater came on I cannot see how it could be your fault. Unless you bent the heating wire where it blew out. Sounds like the replacement unit was bad.
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Tripmysterio		#3 Posted : Friday, June 27, 2014 10:57:01 AM(UTC)
Rank: Member Groups: Registered Joined: 6/26/2014(UTC) Posts: 2		Originally Posted by: denman Here are your parts Parts for Maytag NED7200TW10 Dryer - AppliancePartsPros.com As long as you had air flow when the heater came on I cannot see how it could be your fault. Unless you bent the heating wire where it blew out. Sounds like the replacement unit was bad. I rewired the element, and tried it again, 2nd result, success. I am thinking being a first time element changer, I let the wire touch somewhere and it popped. Oh well, you live and learn. Thanks for the reply!


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