We have a Kenmore Ultra Care that has worked well for ten years. Recently my wife tried to dry tennis shoes in it. She found the dryer off, with the door open, and it wouldn't start. I checked the external supply fuse, ok, and then started googling.

At this point I've discovered that the drive belt snapped. I've checked the thermostats on the exhaust, ok, but for the life of me cannot locate the thermal fuse to check it, despite finding numerous pictures of what it should look like, a bar on a tab that should screw into the exhaust with two screws, like the thermostats. If you want to help please try to be explicit, because at this point the drum is out for the belt replacement and I still am not seeing the fuse. I've even tried to trace it using the wire colors from the wiring diagram and it just doesn't seem to be there.

Part # 3390719, I think, but that might be a generic replacement.

Thanks for any help.

I've linked a picture to help with location.
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That makes sense. I think that I'm going to replace the belt tomorrow and see if that fixes it. And thanks for the idea.

In the mean time, I hope that if anyone else stopping by can tell me where the thermal fuse is, they'll do so. Even if this fixes it, it still bothers me that I can't find that fuse. I've checked gone over ever bit of the exhaust tube and it's just not there. Crazy.

Glad to hear you got it repaired.

As for the thermo fuse, most often they are on the air duct.

Have a great weekend, :)