I have an electric whirlpool with start switch not working

-There are couple things that cause a dryer no to work:
-Thermal fuse, heater element, door switch, start switch.

Good luck

Mai

Hi,

There can be many reasons why your dryer will not start or turn...

The most common causes are the belt breaking or jumping off, or the motor going bad...

Here are a couple of tips that I wrote will help you to figure out why your dryer will not run...

Dryer Repair - The Dryer is not Turning

Dryer Repair - The dryer will not start


heatman101
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Open the dryer door and press the door switch , to make sure you hear a distinct " click " . If the door switch seems ok , then remove the rear dryer panel ( UNPLUG DRYER FIRST ) . On the blower housing , you will see a white 1" long piece ( thermal fuse ) with 2 wires plugged onto it . This is the piece you need to replace . #3392519 is the Whirlpool part number .

Sound like the unit doen't know the door is closed the door switch is not working. does the light inside the drum come on when the door is open and off when the door is closed

Go to the breaker panel and make sure the neutral is making good contact. Especially check for corrosion. If it is good there, look for other connections between breaker panel and dryer. It seem to me you have a bad neutral somewhere.

ok is the humming coming from start switch or from down near the motor? usually it inst the start switch because the switch is so very simple of a component nothing goes wrong with it. kelly

sounds like the door switch might be an issue,, does teh tub light go on /off as you open the door??? if not try manually pushing the switch in a few times.

Evidently the fuse blew for some reason.
Keep the dryer unplugged from power for one hour or so. If it still does start, you will have to take apart the dryer, check the fuse, check the thermal fuse, and test the wirings inside.
If you need to call arepairman use the number listed on the owner manual.

the automatic switch struck by cover maybe open.when that automatic switch ok still not run , something humming inside replace the starting capacitor .

I had the same problem. I found out that the door switch (switch that is pushed in by the door when it closes to tell the machine that it can switch on ) had blown. It costs about $16 for a new one. You have to open up the casing but then you just unplug the old one and plug the new one right in. My light still doesn't work but I never really saw the point of it anyway.