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I was down at my moms and moved her electric dryer to put a floor in. I put it all back and now the dryer will not heat up. Unfortunately she lives 2 hours away. When I put the dryer back, I had to buy a new vent hose for it. I know I just used the whole length of it. Could this be the problem. She has a friend there, but he says his is like that and his works fine. I remember there being a white saucer like plastic ring around the vent connection on the dryer. I thought it was just to attach the vent hose with so I tossed it. Hope this wasn't an important piece? She is 78 years old so its hard for me to ask her to find the model number. Could something have broke when walking this over the floor to move it in and out? Any help would be greatly appreciated.:confused: Again, this is an Electric Dryer
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Try flipping the breaker off/on slowly a couple times.
Sometimes you can loose half the line without actually tripping the breaker.
If this does nothing, check the voltage at the plug
L1 to L2 should be 240 volts
L1 to Neutral and L2 to Neutral, both should be 120 volts.
If OK
Unplug the unit and check the wires at the terminal strip in the machine to make sure none are loose or burned out
If OK
Check the power at the terminal strip.
Do this with the heater off and on.
[COLOR="Red"]Be careful as 240 volts is lethal !!![/COLOR]
[COLOR="DarkRed"]Hope this wasn't an important piece?[/COLOR]
If doubt this is a problem.
Was the vent from the non-dryer end of the vent hose clear to the outside?
[COLOR="DarkRed"]Could something have broke when walking this over the floor to move it in and out? [/COLOR]
Yes perhaps a wire has come loose.
Remove the rear cover and check the wiring.
[COLOR="DarkRed"]If the venting is the problem the unit should have run with heat at least once.[/COLOR]
Then because of a venting restriction it would have blown the thermal cut-off on the heater.
Could also be that moving it caused the heating coil to touch the case (grounded). Again the dryer would have had heat the first run.
Check the heating coil.
Unplug the unit and both wires to the coil.
Check it with a meter, should be around 10 to 12 ohms.
Then check from each side of the coil to the case/frame, both should be infinite ohms (open). If not the coil may have sagged or broken and is touching the case. This can cause it to run on high and the thermostats cannot regulate it so the thermal cut-off blows.
The hi-limit should have regulated the temperature so the fuse did not blow, that is why there is a new one with the thermal cut-off..
Note: That unless there is another problem in the unit the hi-limit should never have to open. It is just a safety device with the fuse being a backup safety device.
Just in case it is not a grounded element.
With all the below the high limit will also have to be replaced.
Check that the belt is OK.
Check the seals (drum etc) in the unit. The air is pulled over the heating coils, through the drum and pushed out the exhaust. So any large seal leak will pull in room air and the cycling thermostat on the blower will run the unit hot.
Check that the lint filter is not coated with fabric softener residue which greatly reduces air flow.
Check/clean your vent system.
Check/clean the blower wheel. |
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