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Amana electric dryer #NED5200TQ when i push star button all it does is make a buzzing noise no matter where the dial is

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Open door and turn drum clockwise by hand,listen for scraping"something hung in front or rear drum seal"close door and try start.if it still hums you may have a bad timer or motor ,or switch on motor.you may need to call for service on this one

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Anonymous

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  • Posted on Nov 04, 2007

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sounds like a bad motor or something stuck in blower fan.. see if you can maually turn the drier drum if so motor is bad if not something is binding up drum or blower fan.

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  • Posted on May 26, 2008

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Check your fuses or breaker. An electric dryer requires 240 volts to operate. In a fuse box system, 2-30 amp fuses are required for an electric dryer to operate. If 1 fuse is blown it will not start or heat depending on which fuse is blown.
In a breaker system the breaker can trip and sometimes look ok. Find your 30 amp dryer breaker and reset it by flipping the lever to off, then back on.
If this doesn't help, you may have a faulty door switch or maybe your door has loosened from the hinges and has sagged a bit, breaking contact with the door switch plunger.
If you can locate the door switch, push on the plunger... you should hear an audible click...if you do then the door switch is normally ok, but not always, it is just a simple test to rule a bad switch which is normally silent if it is faulty.
You may want to inspect for a burned wire or wire termination.
Make sure dryer is unplugged from the power source before inspecting!!!
Other than the previous instructions, it is difficult for a novice to diagnose the problem...call a technician in to fix your dryer.
1 more thing, Just because a breaker appears to be on, and/or you flipped it off then on, doesn't mean the breaker is ok. Fuses also can look good and be bad. A small volt-ohm meter($10.00) is a good investment for testing voltage, and to save time and money.

Hope this gets you up and running.

Anonymous

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  • Posted on Jun 29, 2009

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Thats your motor going out.
it will buzz because it has lost its direction in the motor and soon will just buzz when started.
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Tom Zwiebel

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  • Posted on Jan 18, 2010

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try to turn the drum while you push the start button and hold the door switch in. it might start running that way.,
if it does start running, then you have a sticking motor switch and you will have to replace the entire motor.
it happens alot and try turning it first then if it happens again you might want to replace the dryer because of the cost of a new motor.

Anonymous

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  • Posted on Jan 23, 2010

SOURCE: Have AMANA dryer ALE230RAW. Hear buzz when start

I also have this problem, but it is after the dryer has been running. When the motor is hot, it buzzes and will not run. Sometimes it will run if I turn the drum or take some clothes out. I disassembled the dryer and cleaned the motor of lint. This helped but not completely solved the issue. I have completely removed the motor and will thoroughly clean the motor (stator and brushes) and will try again.

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