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Just trying to check myself. The non resetable fuses test good. No heat electric dryer. Could it be the element or the termostat?
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Here are your parts Replacement parts for WHIRLPOOL LE5720XSW0 | AppliancePartsPros.comI am assuming that you checked the thermal fuse (Item 7 in Section 3) with a meter and that you disconnected one side of it when measuring. This prevents reading an alternate/parallel circuit path. [COLOR="Blue"]Just trying to check myself. The non resetable fuses test good. No heat electric dryer. Could it be the element or the termostat?[/COLOR] Yes it could be either of the above, with the element being the more likely. First try flipping the breaker off/on slowly a couple times. Sometimes you can loose half the line without actually tripping the breaker and the heating coil requires the full 240 volts. If this does nothing. Measure 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 unit's terminal strip to ensure they are properly connected and none of them have burned off If OK Plug the unit in and check the voltage at the terminal strip. This is just in case you have a bad line cord. [COLOR="Red"]Be careful 240 volts is lethal.[/COLOR] If OK Unplug the unit and check the heating coil and thermostats etc. for continuity. Heating coil, should be 10 ohms approximately. Thermostats and thermal fuse all should be 0 ohms. Be sure to disconnect one side of and device you are measuring this prevents reading an alternate/parallel circuit path. Also use your most sensitive ohms scale. There is a good Sticky at the beginning of this forum on meter usage. |
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Thankyou sir. I went ahead and ordered a new element and thermostat for the cost I also figure it has to be one or the other.:)
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Originally Posted by: denman  Here are your parts Replacement parts for WHIRLPOOL LE5720XSW0 | AppliancePartsPros.comI am assuming that you checked the thermal fuse (Item 7 in Section 3) with a meter and that you disconnected one side of it when measuring. This prevents reading an alternate/parallel circuit path. [COLOR="Blue"]Just trying to check myself. The non resetable fuses test good. No heat electric dryer. Could it be the element or the termostat?[/COLOR] Yes it could be either of the above, with the element being the more likely. First try flipping the breaker off/on slowly a couple times. Sometimes you can loose half the line without actually tripping the breaker and the heating coil requires the full 240 volts. If this does nothing. Measure 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 unit's terminal strip to ensure they are properly connected and none of them have burned off If OK Plug the unit in and check the voltage at the terminal strip. This is just in case you have a bad line cord. [COLOR="Red"]Be careful 240 volts is lethal.[/COLOR] If OK Unplug the unit and check the heating coil and thermostats etc. for continuity. Heating coil, should be 10 ohms approximately. Thermostats and thermal fuse all should be 0 ohms. Be sure to disconnect one side of and device you are measuring this prevents reading an alternate/parallel circuit path. Also use your most sensitive ohms scale. There is a good Sticky at the beginning of this forum on meter usage. Sir; Thankyou The element was bad received the part yesterday. Installed within a hour so far so good. Thanks
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:) Thanks The element was bad. Installed yesterday so far so good.:rolleyes::rolleyes:
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