Dryer kept tripping breaker and bc it was late, my blanket was in there and I was tired, I just kept resetting the breaker. Eventually it wouldn't reset anymore. Turns out there's a short across ground and one of the 110 legs (right side of dryer, black).

That half of the circuit on the breaker is completely fried (oops). I took the dryer apart assuming the coil had shorted. Traced that thru all the sensors/thermistors and landed on the black wire going into the timer. When that is disconnected, the short disappears. Connected, it offers about 1000ohm resistance.

So, before I spend $100 on a new timer, does this scenario make sense? It's a ~10yr old appliance, everything looks fine. Would a timer fail in this way? I'm mostly familiar with failed timers sticking on or off, not shorting hot to ground....?

If it matters, I tested all the thermistors and they're 0ohm at room temp.