20 Most Recent Hoover HDC6 Electric Dryer Questions & Answers

There are only 2 things that it could be both are heat related: THe thermostat and thermal limiter OR the heating element. We can not rule out the motor though. Then you can get into the control boards. Maybe it is time.

check the belt to see if it is broken. check the drive motor to see if it is working.

Very rare a motor fails on a hoover drier normally its the capacitor that fails. you can hear the motor humming but the drum wont rotate to proof its the capacitor turn the machine on press start listen for the motor humming open the the door of drier turn the drum by hand fast then shut the door as fast has possible then the drum should start going around . then this proves its the capacitor fault you are doing the job of the capacitor giving the motor a start .

change your capasitor

Had this problem with mine. Its the belt tensioner pulleys that have seized and cause the noise.I got 2 net tensioners and fitted them myself.The parts come to about £15 but its a total strip down to replace the parts. been working fine now for about a year

Make sure that drain is free, that the dryer has adequate ventilation and that the lint has been cleaned from inside. Those are all reason.

kind of vague but it may be your belt is off, of course we can think the worst and say the motor is shot. Bottom line we need to open up the machine and do a little troubleshooting. Here is a website that can get you into the machine, if it is not the belt, post again and if I'm on here I will try to help Tim:

http://www.diyprojectsonline.com/projects/interior/fix_dryer_belt.php

http://www.applianceaid.com/evenheat.html

Try hitting the reset button on the back side of the dryer.
Yank out your condenser and give it a good clean.
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Unplug the dryer and the first thing to do is check for the presence of 220 volts at the wall outlet. If you lost one leg of the 220 volts, it is possible for your dryer to run but there will not be any heat. Once you verified there is definitely 220 volts at the wall outlet, remove the rear cover. On the lower right hand side you will see a silver canister which contains the heating element. Remove the lower two wires directly from the heating element and check this for continuity. If it is good, on the left hand side of the same canister they often install a thermal safety which may have tripped. Do the same test as with the heating element. Remove the wires and test the thermal safety for continuity. If this is good, move to the blower housing on the left side of the exhaust vent and look for a white piece of plastic which has two wires on it. Remove these two wires and check this item for continuity.

you can follow this link below to find out how to test for individual components to find out what part is faulty...

http://www.partselect.com/dryer+dryer-wont-heat+repair.htm

You can also order for any replacement part from the following Websites

www.PartSelect.com

www.SearspartsDirect.com

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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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Thanks for using FixYa. It seems to be the issue with the Thermal Fuse going bad and needs to be replaced. It is mounted to the exhaust duct inside the back cover panel. Also, often a dryer heating element burns out, but doesn't trip the circuit breaker or blow a fuse. The heating element is simply a long coil of special wire. You can check it for continuity with an ohm meter. No continuity means the element is bad and you need to replace it. Please do accept the solution if the issue is resolved or post a comment for further assistance.


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Rylee

There is a switch on the motor that replace the push to start in the circuit once it gets up to speed. Either it is not reaching speed or the switch has failed.
Eric

Hi,
There can be many reasons why your dryer will not turn...

This tip that I wrote will help you to figure out what is happening...

Dryer Repair - The Dryer is not Turning
http://www.fixya.com/support/r4422207-dryer_repair_dryer_not_turning

Dryer Repair ? The dryer will not start
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