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.
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I have a similar problem.
When I turn on the dryer, I can hear the electricity humming and the timer running, but I hear NO motor noise and the tumbler doesn't turn.
I checked the fuse box, they LOOK good. But the fuses are odd looking to begin with, they don't just have the metal strip, there are springs involved, so they might not look like a typical blown fuse.
Still, if the timer is working, doesn't that mean the fuses are okay?
I have a different (older) model the lg4809w, it has a digital screen on it. The screen works, it senses when the door is opened or closed, but when we start it, nothing happens. IT is a gas dryer but I don't know if it is the heating element, the motor or the control board... Any help would be appreciated!
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