My kenmore 70 series just stopped working, The power coming from the outlet is good 220, the power going into the dryer is good 110 each side, 220 together. nothing on the dryer is working, no light no power. I checked all the connections in the back and am getting power 110 to all except the on switch. I tried joining them together to try and cut out the switch but no good, it takes the 110 power away from the live wire which had originally power before they where joined together. I think it is the switch but not sure this is my first dryer problem, any ideas?
I am assuming this is a basic Whirlpool made dryer. The two choices are the thermal fuse and the door switch, both of whom will stop the dryer from running.
Check both of these, and if you need more info please post a model number with the results of your testing and let’s see what we have.
At this point I think you are looking at the timer or the motor switch. If you are getting 110 to the start switch then the motor switch is more likely.
You where correct it was the thermal fuse. When i ordered a part i ordered the thermal cut off kit. When this did not work i ordered the door switch and the on off switch. I then proceeded to take the whole dryer apart down to the motor, then i some how came across the thermal fuse. I took the long way around it but feel that i learned a little about the system. All this because of a simple misunderstanding. So to anyone who reads this, if you are told it may be the thermal fuse, this is not the thermal cut off kit.