Just bought Magic Chef compact electric dryer. It turns on, heats, tumbles but shuts off in under 10 minutes. The vent is not clogged. There doesn't seem to be any air venting in the back.

SOURCE: Dryer runs, tumbles clothes, but does not heat

i am sending you all the possibilities for your problem, check either of these causes ----and than let me know if it is solved----

Power from the house
Check to see whether there's power getting to the dryer. Is it plugged in? Check for blown fuses or tripped circuit breakers--your dryer uses two fuses or circuit breakers. The dryer could tumble but not heat if only one of the two fuses is blown. If you have circuit breakers, one of the two circuit breakers can trip, even if the two for the dryer are connected.


Heating element
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--electric heating elements aren't repairable.


Thermal fuse
On many dryers, there's a thermal fuse mounted to the exhaust duct inside the back cover panel. The fuse--which is about an inch long--is usually embedded in black resin and mounted in a white plastic housing. If the fuse has blown, you need to replace it. (You can't re-set it.)


Wiring
A common problem is for the main wiring connection from the house, at the dryer, to burn and break its connection. Because the dryer can still tumble with partial power, the connection may be only partially defective. You may need to replace both the power cord to the dryer and the terminal block inside the dryer that the wire is attached to.

SOURCE: dryer makes squeaking noise ,then dryer shuts off. mdl.#CYG4000AWW

Hello, sounds like the rear drum rollers are in need of replacement which is causing the motor to get hot and cut out on the thermal cut out. It can be tricky to service if you not handy. Good Luck

SOURCE: dryer shuts off after 5 or 10 minutes

repl/ thermsitor if avaiable if not repl/ hi limit thermostat on top of ignitor

SOURCE: Dryer turns, heats up but won't dry

check the outside of your house to see how strong the blowing is if it's weak then it's in the vent tube

David Koss

• 102 Answers
• Posted on Mar 16, 2009

SOURCE: electric dryer not blowing hot air

Sounds like the heating element is not working, make sure you are getting 220 volts to the recptical. Let us know if that did the trick. If not let us know thankyou