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DRYER BLOWING COLD AIR-NOT HEATING UP

WHIRLPOOL LGR7646EQWW BLOWING COOL AIR / NOT HEATING UP,

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  • al4-link Jan 13, 2009

    I have somewhat of the same problem. Have a Whirlpool Gas Dryer Model LGR3624JQ2. When it first starts there seems to be heat then quits. You can open the door and there is heat in the drum. Start it back up and it is cold. Seems to be intermittent with the heat. Vent is clear and gas is on. Thanks for the help. Al

  • thongy May 05, 2009

    hi i have condencer dryer its a creda , it is just blowing out cold air and does not seem to be getting hot any ideas what it could be please thanks jayne

  • Anonymous Mar 12, 2014

    my hoover hd dryer only blows cold air

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    my hoover hd dryer only blows cold air

  • Anonymous Mar 24, 2014

    I have a Siemens dryer and it stopped blowing out hot heat it only blows cold air. What could be causing this?

  • Anonymous Mar 26, 2014

    whirlpool

  • Anonymous Mar 26, 2014

    My whirlpool gas dryer is blowing cold air.

  • Anonymous Mar 30, 2014

    blowing cold air

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Gas valve coils Watch the igniter. Does it glow bright orange, then shut off without igniting the gas? (When the gas ignites there's a large blue flame.) If so, there may be defective coils on the gas valve. Mounted on the top of modern gas valves, there are black electrical coils. The coils, when energized, open the gas valve. If one or more of the coils are defective, the valve doesn't open and the gas cannot ignite. Because it's often difficult to properly test the coils, it's usually best to replace both (all) of them at the same time.

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I am sending you all the possibilities for your problem, check either of these causes ----and than let me know if it is solved----

Power from the house
Check to see whether there's power getting to the dryer. Is it plugged in? Check for blown fuses or tripped circuit breakers--your dryer uses two fuses or circuit breakers. The dryer could tumble but not heat if only one of the two fuses is blown. If you have circuit breakers, one of the two circuit breakers can trip, even if the two for the dryer are connected.


Heating element
Often a dryer heating element burns out, but doesn't trip the circuit breaker or blow a fuse. The heating element is simply a long coil of special wire. You can check it for continuity with an ohm meter. No continuity means the element is bad and you need to replace it--electric heating elements aren't repairable.


Thermal fuse
On many dryers, there's a thermal fuse mounted to the exhaust duct inside the back cover panel. The fuse--which is about an inch long--is usually embedded in black resin and mounted in a white plastic housing. If the fuse has blown, you need to replace it. (You can't re-set it.)


Wiring
A common problem is for the main wiring connection from the house, at the dryer, to burn and break its connection. Because the dryer can still tumble with partial power, the connection may be only partially defective. You may need to replace both the power cord to the dryer and the terminal block inside the dryer that the wire is attached to.

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