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The dryer timer will not stop running and the dryer is putting out heat while the timer is running. When it gets to the end of the cycle the buzzer won't cut off. At first it wasn't heating so I thought it was the element, then all this started happening, and now that I can feel heat when the timer is running it can't be the element. Also it trips the breaker if you try to start it. Please help, Thanks.
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Sounds like the problem is a bad push-to-start switch. Possible there is something else wrong, but I would check and replace this switch first. - The push-to-start switch Part number: AP2107277
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even when the door is open on the dryer you can hear the timer running and feel heat from inside the dryer. if you leave the timer in the off position it will be fine for a while then the buzzer goes off and won't stop. and it trips the breaker when you try to start it. could it be that the timer? Thank you for your reply, but could the start button be causing all this?
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Besides the start switch it can be a bad timer, a bad (shorted to the ground) heating element, a bad motor or a shorted wiring. All of these parts have to checked for continuity in accordance with the wiring diagram.
I mentioned the push-to-start switch because it is more common.
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Been a while but here it goes,
The reason it wouldn’t cut off is the start button stayed press down because I didn’t have it fitting in the hole right, stupid me.
[FONT="]Now, the element was broken so I replaced it and now the dryer trips the breaker as soon as I hit the start button?[/FONT]
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There is a short somewhere in the heating circuit or in the motor circuit.
Also the breaker itself can be bad as well.
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Can those be fixed or replaced?
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It has to be diagnosed first.
If you do not feel comfortable to do it yourself, then you have to hire somebody to do it for you.
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I disconnected from the timer the wires that run the element, then I tried to start the dryer and it still tripped the breaker. Does this mean that the short is in the motor circuit? If so would replacing the motor fix the problem?
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Originally Posted by: drivinatwork  ...Does this mean that the short is in the motor circuit? If so would replacing the motor fix the problem?... You are still guessing. We still do not know what exactly is wrong with the dryer. You can try to replace the motor but nobody can guarantee it will fix the problem. Try to measure the current drawn by the dryer. If it's within 30 amps and the breaker keeps tripping, more likely the problem is a bad breaker. Gene.
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