Dryer using too much electricity

Dryer Repair
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Hi,
I have an older Kenmore dryer that is using too much electricity (based on very high electric bills and experiments we did to “test” which circuits were using a lot - the dryer was through the roof). Our electric bill is at least double what it ought to be.

For complicated reasons I won’t go into, we are unable to replace our dryer and need to make this one work without using so much electricity.

In order to determine why it’s using so much electricity, I used a multi-tester to test the resistance on the heating coil and it seemed fine (no extra resistance).

Are there other parts that I can use the multi-tester on to see if they are the culprit and are creating too much resistance?

I would appreciate any suggestions on that or other ideas what to check or where to look for a reason why the dryer is drawing so much power.

Thanks,
Bob

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Did you check the unit for a grounded element.

Unplug the unit.
Remove bot wires going to the heating element.
Measure the element should be around 10 to 12 ohms.
Then measure from each side of the element to the case/frame.
Both should be infinite ohms (open).

Note: Higher resistance usually results in lower current not higher.
100 volts across 10 ohms gives 10 amps
100 volts across 20 ohms gives 5 amps.