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Dle2532 lg dryer, cooling light is always on

My LG dryer is drying with the cooling light on. It use to dry on normal and you would see the time ticking up and then it would cool off. it is doing it from the very begining of the cycle now. the problem is that it is tricking its self from taking a 50 min cycle down to a 25 min then 5 min in about 10 min then shuting off like it is done when the clothes are still damp. There is heat coming out and it is lint free from filter to a well ventalated exhaust hose. I have owned the dryer since new and it is approx 4 years old now. Any advice?

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I'll take a stab that you use dryer softener sheets. These will deposit a coating on the two metal sensor bars (about 4 inches long, very near the lint filter inside the drum) which prevents the sensor from "seeing" that the clothes are still wet, so the dryer jumps to the cool down portion of the cycle. Clean the metal bars off and it should work again. (note: the bars are not in the cycle if you choose time dry instead of using the automatic cycles)

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