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My girlfriend's dryer suddenly stopped. It's in a tight place in the condo's kitchen so I wanted to ask here before pulling it out and taking it apart.
Here's what it does.
Won't turn on at all by simply pressing the button.
Holding the button down turns the dryer on. It heats but the drum doesn't spin.
When the button is released there is a slight clicking noise after a second or so.
When I manually turn the drum with my hand there seems to be some tension on it. So I don't think it's the belt.
Thank you for any help.
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Here are your parts Parts for Hot Point HTDX100ED0WW / Dryer - AppliancePartsPros.comThe belt is the most likely culprit as there is a switch on the motor that completes the circuit to the heater but only closes when the motor is turning. There will always be some tension on the drum because of how it is mounted. You will have to open it up and check. If it is the belt also check the front glides (supports) and the rear support bearing. |
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Originally Posted by: denman  Here are your parts Parts for Hot Point HTDX100ED0WW / Dryer - AppliancePartsPros.comThe belt is the most likely culprit as there is a switch on the motor that completes the circuit to the heater but only closes when the motor is turning. There will always be some tension on the drum because of how it is mounted. You will have to open it up and check. If it is the belt also check the front glides (supports) and the rear support bearing. Okay. I'll take it apart this weekend to see. I've replaced mine at home but I had a lot of room to do it. This will be a (not-so) fun experience doing it in a small kitchen. Thank you, by the way.
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You are welcome.
Good luck with it.
If it is not the belt or the belt slipping then you have a weird problem and it may be a pain to troubleshoot.
There are two centrifugal switches on the motor.
They close when the motor gets close to operating speed.
One of them completes the circuit to the heating coils. This ensures that there is air flow before the heat comes on.
The other does a couple things.
It provides an alternate path around the start switch which keeps the unit running when you release the switch.
It also switches out the start winding since leaving this on would overheat the motor.
The reason I mention the above is that if the switches are always activated you get heat with the motor not turning and also the motor may not start because the start winding is not in circuit.
Could be that the centrifugal mechanism on the motor is just clogged solid with lint. so I would check it.
This is also a good time to give the interior including the blower wheel a good cleaning. I would also check/clean the vent system. |
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Originally Posted by: denman You are welcome.
Good luck with it.
If it is not the belt or the belt slipping then you have a weird problem and it may be a pain to troubleshoot.
There are two centrifugal switches on the motor.
They close when the motor gets close to operating speed.
One of them completes the circuit to the heating coils. This ensures that there is air flow before the heat comes on.
The other does a couple things.
It provides an alternate path around the start switch which keeps the unit running when you release the switch.
It also switches out the start winding since leaving this on would overheat the motor.
The reason I mention the above is that if the switches are always activated you get heat with the motor not turning and also the motor may not start because the start winding is not in circuit.
Could be that the centrifugal mechanism on the motor is just clogged solid with lint. so I would check it.
This is also a good time to give the interior including the blower wheel a good cleaning. I would also check/clean the vent system. I plan on doing just that. It's a tight space that holds the washer and dryer - inside a small closet. So I'm going to pull everything out and clean everything. Including the dryer and the vent system
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