My dryer was running and heating beautifully and then it wouldn’t start at all. So…
First of all I called an appliance repair person and he could find nothing wrong with the dryer, but suggested my fuse block in the electrical box was
malfunctioning and advised me to call an electrician and if the dryer still didn’t work he would come back (30 day call warranty) and try again.
A friend of mine checked the block and it was ok, however, there was a problem with the neutral wire in the wall switch. Traced the wire and found it loose in a junction box in the attic. Tightened it up and the dryer worked…almost. It wasn’t heating so we pulled the back of and my friend checked all the connections with a meter and couldn’t find anything wrong. So we tried turned it on to see if the heating element was working. Now the dryer will not stay running. Starts, runs a few seconds, then turns off. Tried holding in the start switch… same results. Any suggestions???
[COLOR=“Blue”]Now the dryer will not stay running. Starts, runs a few seconds, then turns off. Tried holding in the start switch… same results. Any suggestions???[/COLOR]
Can you restart it right away or do you have to wait awhile before it will restart?
If you have to wait, it is an indication that the motor is overheating and tripping it’s internal thermal protect. The motor must then cool down so that the thermal protect will reset.
If this is the case, check that the drum manually turns fairly easily.
When I depress the start button the dryer runs as long as I keep it depressed and I can release it and start it again immediately. I hele the button in and ran it for 3 or 4 minutes but it didn’t heat.
Sounds like something is messed up with the centrifugal switches on the motor, they are not closing. Probably the mechanism is broken or jammed solid with lint.
Take a look at the wiring diagram, you will see that the motor’s centrifugal switch is wired in parallel with the start switch. It should close once the motor gets close to operating sped and provide power to the run winding when the start switch is released.
Also the other centrifugal switch should have switched on the heater.