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gccola  
#1 Posted : Sunday, July 19, 2015 10:44:39 AM(UTC)
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The wife complains that even using the "less dry" setting in Auto Moisture sensing mode drying, clothes are wrinkled. Have read here and there that moisture sensor bars may need cleaning or replacement. Have tried cleaning them with no improvement.
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1 - Videos show replacement of one only and they seem to be sold singly. Should both be replaced and are they the same part?
2 - Do these sensor bars have some not readily visible internal components or are they just metal strips? If the latter, isn't it more likely that whatever board or component they connect to might be at fault?

Thanks in advance for any help anyone can provide.
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fairbank56  
#2 Posted : Sunday, July 19, 2015 11:45:47 AM(UTC)
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They are just metal strips. There are two but they are sold separately. One connects to ground, the other to the control board via a yellow/red wire. If the timer is advancing when you have wet clothes in the dryer, then the control board may be faulty. The auto function simply controls the advancement of the timer. Wet clothes short the two bars out signaling the control board to prevent the timer from advancing. As the clothes dry out, there is less shorting of the bars and the control board starts advancing the timer more.

Eric
gccola  
#3 Posted : Monday, July 20, 2015 2:57:27 PM(UTC)
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Thanks for the quick reply Eric. Seems as though our problem is that the timer is not advancing to that part of the control dial labeled Wrinkle Guard 1 where we believe it is supposed to continue tumbling with the heat off. So she checks the clothes and they are already wrinkled. Timed drying seems to work fine. Does that sound like a defective timer or control board? Thanks again.
George
fairbank56  
#4 Posted : Tuesday, July 21, 2015 6:09:50 AM(UTC)
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Yes, wrinkle guard is tumbling with heat off with periodic sounding of the buzzer. If the timer is not advancing in auto dry and your sure nothing is shorting the two sensor bars out, then looks like a bad control board.

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gccola  
#5 Posted : Tuesday, July 21, 2015 9:21:15 AM(UTC)
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Thanks again, according to my cheapo voltmeter, one of the moisture sensor bars is connected solidly to chassis, the other seemingly isolated from chassis so sounds like the control board is indicated.
thanks

George
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