I suspect the THERMAL SWITCH on the element case
but not enough tech info in question to pinpoint problem, so I'm including this website to help in your repair
http://appliancehelponline.com/index.html
I'm also including my article on dryer repair. If you read it very carefully you find a generic answer
Here it is:
DRYER REPAIR,PSYCHOLOGICALLY
This is NOT a manual for step by step instructions. This is a manual to learn the correct way to approach any repair. Yes I said ANY repair. I think you will be amazed at your own abilities after using my techniques!
What I want to impress on you is that you have STARTED. Psychology, right?
Most of my repairs, I repeat MOST of repairs are usually so simple that you probably won't have to move the appliance. But I want you to know that you have STARTED,
again. Why do I keep repeating this silly affirmation. Because you are striving hard to
think of some reason to abandon the repair.
Your mind is desperately trying to abort any attempt to reason. YOU WILL PROGRAM YOURSELF TO FAIL. It's really quite simple. You are conditioned to fail by many of societies warnings, such as: "Call a qualified Repairman" or "Do not attempt to repair" or "Only qualified repairman should attempt repair." Completely ignore those warnings. They are just an excuse for you to terminate the repair attempt. (but use some common sense like unplugging the appliance before any attempt at repair) And you may have to learn some rudimentary form of electricity before you tackle the electrical plug.
I repair hundreds of appliances yearly. It's your appliance and you can take a hammer to it if you decide. (some have) and you can surely attempt to fix it if you want.
Once you accept the concept that you will start to repair (your dryer, lets say) I
want you to stand in front of it and say under your breath: Now that I have STARTED
I am 60% finished. Cool. You didn't know you were that good. But that generally is
absolutely true! Again, MOST failures come from NO self-confidence! I cannot emphasize this enough.
Materials Needed:
Ohnmeter,Phillips Screwdriver,5/16 and 1/4 in. sockets,Pliers,sidecutters,Determination
1. Overcoming your worst enemy-Procrastination!
Most of my Service Calls come from customers who won't even take a look at the
appliance in question and most repairs are very simple. ( I have even made calls more than once to plug the service cord from the washer into the wall) Most ovens have a
timed bake set by a clock You guessed it, I reset the clock and am then an instant hero.
On many occasions I just reset the breaker at the breaker box and the dryer starts
humming like new. Gosh. We've just covered about 20% of a repairman's day and you
really haven't done any work yet. Let's see about the other 80%.
As I have said most repairs are fairly simple (but not all will be as easy as plugging the
cord into the outlet, although not much more complicated.)
Let's go back to standing in front of the appliance muttering (intelligent muttering)
where you are 60% finished. Let's repair that dryer that won't heat with the other 40%
effort.(while thinking of what to do with the cash saved on this repair, since "qualified
service calls alone without any labor or time or parts added, runs from 29 to 90 bucks a pop.
Let me run through my personal "diagnosis check" just to see if there is any thing that you can't do. I stand in front of the dryer and talk to the owner.(that would be your wife or your husband whichever case it may be) You need to know the exact complaint.(in thiscase, there's no heat.) Once the problem has been pinpointed, I look behind the appliance,
(still without moving it, I am thoroughly trained to look for something SIMPLE)
Is the cord plugged in? Is the vent squashed against the wall preventing free flow of the exhaust? (this is very common, then it's a simple matter of moving the dryer out a few inches)
2. Setting your mind
O.K. now you are 75% through with the repair. Still AMAZING, right? And you haven't done any complicated work yet! Do you see why I insist that repair is psychological, because you will have repaired 75% of inoperative dryers (or most any appliance) if you just check the obvious first. I know what I am talking about from experience.
Check the breaker(no work), check the cord into the wall(no work), check the vent hose(well, you do have to lean over to see behind the dryer, very little work) Do you see anything that you or most anybody else can't do! and you will have "repaired" the appliance 75% of the time!
But you say what if it's some thing "serious" like electrical wiring or the motor orsome part that I know that I know nothing about. Yet I have to remind you again and again that it's PSYCHOLOGICAL!
3. Actually Doing it when you set your mind
First, electrical wiring problems are almost non-existent as a serious problem and if it is then it usually exceeds the cost for an economical repair.(Even an electrical engineer with years of college would not be able to repair those kind of problems without consulting electrical diagrams, charts, running wiring diagram checks.) How much do you think you would pay for that! More than the appliance is worth! Not even the "qualified" repairmen attempt very many "electrical wiring" problems. You just assumed they did. Right?
And that's not to say that we don't repair "electrical" problems. In making excuses to yourself of reasons not to attempt a repair, "electrical wiring" is the chief excuse. Well, it should be the least excuse since electrical wiring problems comprise less than 1% of repairs. (unless you include the plug-ins at the end of the wires that plug each wire into a part such as the element, but these are easily seen and are easily repaired.)
O.K. we are 75% through with this dryer(keep in mind that this includes washers, air conditioners, refrigerators or most any appliance or most any kind of repair since we are
speaking of Psychology rather than knowledge.
If I didn't "repair" it already with the simple steps above, I will unplug the dryer and lean it toward me(still without moving it). See any thing you "can't do yet?
And then I remove the vent hose and six screws that hold the back panel.(most dryers are accessed this way, although some are accessed by removing the FRONT panel which is even better because you only remove usually TWO screws and you don't even have to lean it forward or move the dryer at all except to unplug it!(most dryers have a panel front an back depending on what area you need to access)
Any thing I have mentioned that you can't do yet? I accessed the back panel because this is where most dryers "heating element" is located and since our "example" dryer doesn't heat, this is what we want to check.
Now you will see lots of wires going in every direction! Don't let that intimidate you!
Remember we are still looking for something simple. Ignore all the wiring and you will
look for the element. It's usually very obvious and has two terminals plugged into it(the
element terminal wires are usually always RED!
Now I have to get technical(not really) We have to check the element. If you don't know how to use a volt/ohmmeter (very simple) unplug the two wires to the element(you can't plug them back wrong) unplug the two wires from the thermostat on the element
(some have two more wires to a fuse on the element)
After removing the wires, then remove the element(usually one to three screws) and take to the appliance parts dealer who will check it for you while showing you how with a volt/ohmmeter.(I pay 8.95 for a cheap volt/ohmmeter which has many other valuable uses other than appliance repair such as checking wall outlets, etc.
After checking the element on the dryer(without removing it) I replace it(by only removing one to three screws), repl install the back panel, install the vent hose and lean the dryer back in position. See any thing that you can't do, yet! Now you're 100% through with that previously intimidating repair. Now all you have to do is accept praise and wait eagerly for the next "challenge".
Remember, I didn't give the step by step instructions to fix the dryer as "how to" but
entirely to impress upon you that it's not complicated at all!
!
Leo Ponder
imufo2
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