When a dryer won't heat, the most prevalent issue is the heating coil. Getting to it can be a bit of a problem, but after you do, you can check it's conductivity with a volt meter.. It's likely not passing current through, and thus not heating up - much like what happens when the eye goes out on an electric stove or the heating element in an electric oven.
These units are totally repairable and will run for ever. Need to assume that other damage has occurred as a result of the failed shorted terminal connections.
Possible that the circuit breaker is defective caused by the dryer failure.
Assume that one of the components has shorted to the grounded frame of the dryer.
The 11 ohms of the heater is about right.
Confirm that heater element is not shorted to the dryer frame (heater housing)! This condition would have caused the initial wire terminals to fail and now trip the circuit breaker!
Use an ohm meter and check resistance between hot leads on back of dryer. Check resistance between each hot and neutral.
There is a switch located on the motor that connects power to the heater. When the motor is running the centrifugal switch closes. This saftey circuit confirms that the blower is running before heat is turned on. Check that the switch is not damaged from prior terminal short circuit failure, Repair kit is p/n WPL-501218
Timer is the next check. Same thing confirm that no damage to the switch circuits has occured. Last check thermal fuses and thermostars for short to netural.
Hope this helps?
