Questions & Answers for: sparks open dryer door

sparks, too. The heating element comes on when the door is open, that has been distressing my dog! I heard the sound from the dryer and my dog started shaking! So of course, I turned the dial to off -

dryer door to take clothes out, I saw sparks. Unplug power immediately. Check the fuses/circuit breaker at the back of the appliance. You may need to have the heating element inside the machine tested

...sparks in rear of dryer We have a stackable kenmore washer/dryer which has been great, until a couple of days ago when we had to stop using it for fear of fire! I had a load of clothes in there and ...

...DRYER HAS BEEN RUNNING / COULD GET FLAME ON WITH LIGHTER BUT AS SOON AS YOU OPEN DOOR IT WILL NOT RESTART / HAD GOTTEN A SPARK BUT ELEMENT JUST GOT RED HOT I HAD REPLACED THE TIMER AND ALL OTHER ...

...sparks in the back of the drum where the holes are. I am concerned it is a fire hazard. You have loose or shorted wiring in the dryer. Unplug the dryer.Raise the top lid. Remove the screws on the top ...

open dryer door and see sparks if the sparks are near the heating element but it works ok yet,it could just be lint build-up burning up when it touches the element,might want to vacuum it out to ...

...sparks came out of back of dryer. Dryer will not turn on and inside dryer light does not come on when I open door. Hi, You have a bad connection where the power hooks up... There can be many reasons ...

...dryer keeps on running through all the cycles. The only way it stops is to open the door. Pretty rare but the contacts on the timer unit could have fused together. An electrician would be useful for ...

dryer, new heat coil, temp sensor, and bearing kit, pluged in worked good, opened door and sparked, found i didn't plug in light wire touched, now it won't go, did I blow out the door switch? or what?

...sparks. So I replace one of the screws could not find the other one. Now it stopped the sound but my dryer will only run for about 5 secs before shutting off. There could be several issues that could ...