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Rear bulkhead, felt seal & rollers replacement parts for AMANA LEA30AW | AppliancePartsPros.comHere is a manual
http://www.servicematters.com/m...ary/docs/RS3200005R2.pdfYou should trouble shoot first.
Be sure to mark or make a diagram of where the wires go if there is a possibility that they could fit in two places.
First flip the breaker off/on slowly a couple times. Sometimes you can loose half the line without actually tripping the breaker and the heater requires the full 240 volts.
Better yet measure it at the plug with a meter.
L1 to L2 should be 240 volts
L1 to Neutral and L2 to Neutral both should be 120 volts.
Be sure to unplug the unit when working on it, 240 volts is lethal!!!
Check that a wire has not burned off ts the unit's terminal block.
Remove both wires from the heater and measure it, should be around 10 ohms. Then measure from each connector to the case both should be open (infinite ohms). You are checking to be sure you do not have a grounded element which can heat and not be controlled by the thermostats.
Note if the element is broken you can often see this.
Check the Hi-limit thermostat and the thermal fuse on the heater assembly both should be 0 ohms.
Check the operating thermostat on the blower assembly, should be 0 ohms
If the thermal fuse is blown I would also replace the hi-limit unless you have a grounded element.
If the fuse is blown be sure to clean/check your vent system and the blower wheel. Also check that the lint filter is not coated with fabric softener residue.
If you do not own a meter, I would suggest you purchase a one. You can get a decent digital multimeter for under $20.00. You do not need fancy though it is nice if the leads are a couple feet long.
If it saves ordering one unnecessary part it has paid for itself and you end up owning a useful tool.
Most places will not let you return electrical parts so if you order it, you own it.
A couple things to watch when measuring ohms and continuity
1. Always remove power from the machine otherwise you could blow your meter.
2. Always disconnect at least one side of any device you are checking. This eliminates the possibility of measuring an alternate/parallel circuit path.
3. When checking for closed contacts and continuity use the lowest scale (Usually 200 ohms). Then try higher scales. This scale is 0 to 200 ohms so if the device you are measuring is 300 ohms this scale would show an open circuit which it is not, you are just measuring outside the scale's dynamic range.
There is a good STICKY at the start of this forum about it's use.
