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Tried to fix my dryer today, but no luck (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 1 week ago* (last edited 3 days ago) by earphone843@sh.itjust.works to c/dull_mens_club@lemmy.world

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Our dryer crapped out a few months ago. It wasn't heating up, so I ordered a new heating element. It came with all new sensors, so I installed those too. One of the wire connectors was a bit loose, but I figured it would be fine.

Today, it stopped again, so I took off the back panel and sure enough, the wire was off. Plugged it back in, but no luck.

It's probably the thermal fuse, but I'm considering paying the $95 to have my home warranty send someone out to just fix it.

I'm only in the hole $25 so far, so maybe I'll replace everything again and see.

My suspicion is that there's something shorting out, though. It's definitely not a clogged vent, because I'm anal about clearing the trap after every cycle, and the vent pipe to the attic looks squeaky clean inside (and the vent tube from the dryer is clean too.

Edit: while typing this I realized that the loose wire probably caused the short, so I'll try to replace that sensor before calling someone. Thanks for being my rubber duckie.

Update: Problem solved. The loose wire was to the high temperature cut-off that sits in the coil housing. This caused the coil to get too hot and pop.

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[–] linkinkampf19@lemmy.world 1 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

Ours died last weekend. I thought it was the thermistor, roomie thought it was the dryer belt. I was technically capable of fixing it, but uncomfortable as it's both something I've never messed with prior, and it's a gas dryer. Ended up calling out Sears Repair and it was neither (we called other shops, but none had Saturday hours). Turns out, the part that drove the belt melted after 9 years of operation. The part was probably cheap, but the knowledge was pricey.

[–] alphapuggle@programming.dev 9 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Some thermal fuses can be reset by throwing them at the ground as hard as possible. Check continuity with a multimeter to confirm that it's working again

[–] earphone843@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 days ago

It was actually a blown coil because the loose wire was to the high temperature cutoff.

[–] earphone843@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 week ago

The funny thing is that when I use a live wire tester, the coils register. That's what caused me to replace the assembly in the first place

[–] AA5B@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I realized that the loose wire probably caused the short

That’s a good bet. I did that once when I rushed reassembling the dryer once- it worked until I put the back on, until I realized I missed a wire

[–] earphone843@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 days ago

I was close. The loose wire was to the high temperature cutoff, so the coil just popped.

[–] itsathursday@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

For what it’s worth I’ve had two types of dryer failures that were repairable. The most common one was “no power” to turn the drum which ended up always being a fried capacitor. The other was no fan, which was due to a worn belt no longer turning from the main drive shaft. Haven’t had no heat issues though but you might be lucky and have fixed one of two problems, so one down and just one more to go!