My Dryer Won’t Advance Through The Cycle And It Blows Cold Air Only, Could The Element Cause This? Or Could It Be The Timer Too?
Its A Whirlpool Electric Dryer That Won’t Advance And It Blows Cold Air
My Whirlpool Dryer is doing the same thing, It doesn’t cool and the Timer / Cycle button stays in the same position. I’m checking around the internet today and if i find out anything I’ll let ya know.
Good luck!
I found this site and it helped me out a lot. Maybe your problem is listed here .
http://www.appliance411.com/links/jump.cgi?ID=457
I found www.appliance411.com , (the link above) from Home Improvement - Do It Yourself - Home Remodeling | BobVila.com .
Thanks and good luck to you.
Misty
Hi Sandra,
Most likely there is a problem with the heating circuit.
It consists of four major parts:
- Thermal cut off (#6 on the bulkhead parts break down diagram)
- Operating (cycling) thermostat (#20 on the bulkhead parts break down diagram)
- Hi limit thermostat (#15 on the bulkhead parts break down diagram)
- Heating element (#17 on the bulkhead parts break down diagram)
To find out which part caused the problem you have to check them for continuity in the above sequence.
If any of them is open - it has to be replaced.
The following article on our forum will explain in detail how to run a continuity test using either an analog meter or a digital meter - How To Check Continuity With Ohmmeter
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The part number for the thermal cut off is [COLOR=#800080]AP3094244[/COLOR]
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The part number for the cycling thermostat is [COLOR=#0066cc]AP3131939[/COLOR]
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The part number for the hi limit thermostat is [COLOR=#800080]AP3131941[/COLOR]
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The part number for the heating element is [COLOR=#0066cc]AP3094254[/COLOR]
Here are the break down diagrams for the Whirlpool dryer Model LER4634JQ1
Good luck.
Gene.