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Model: FER641FS0	Brand: Frigidaire	Age: 1 - 5 years
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girlred1980		#1 Posted : Monday, December 29, 2008 7:45:23 AM(UTC)
Rank: Member Groups: Registered Joined: 12/29/2008(UTC) Posts: 1		hi my dryer started makeing this wierd rubbing noise when it cam on and lasted the whole time it ran. so i stop useing andgave it sometime to rest to see if if it would do it again. so that night at about 700 pm i turn it on to see if it would make the same sound and it did. the next morning when i got my husband started to pull it and it was hot to the touch so we unplug it (the plug itself was not hot) and now i have no dryer. do you have any ideal what is wrong with it.


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magician59		#2 Posted : Monday, December 29, 2008 12:18:15 PM(UTC)
Rank: Advanced Member Groups: Senior Expert Joined: 8/16/2007(UTC) Posts: 3,273		I'll bet if you unplug it and run a continuity check between the heating element and chassis ground, you'll find the element is shorted to ground.


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