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Posted by Appliance Repair Aid on May 17, 2006, 7:36 am
alex.colic@rbc.com wrote:
> Hi,
>
> hopefully someone can diagnose this problem. My Kenmore electric dryer
> won't start sometimes.
>
> Last week when my wife tried to start it, the dryer hummed but would
> not start. After trying a few times to start it, it looks like
> something trips and the hum goes away when you pressed the start button
> and it still would not start.
>
> I thought it might be a dead motor, so I took the dryer apart, pulled
> the motor out and tested it. When I applied power to the motor it
> started fine. So I cleaned the inside of the dryer and put it back
> together again. I then tried it and it worked so I thought the problem
> was fixed.
>
> Wrong, every now and then the dryer will not work. If you press the
> start button, there is a hum. Press and hold the start button and
> something blows, the hum goes away and the dryer is still dead. Wait a
> half hour and push the start button and the hum is back. Wait another
> few minutes and miraculously it will work. I thought the drum might be
> jammed but I can turn it. I can't find a pattern.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Thanks
Hi,
Kenmore is made by severla different companies...model#?
> I thought it might be a dead motor, so I took the dryer apart, pulled
> the motor out and tested it. When I applied power to the motor it
> started fine.
Out of the dryer with the belt off is fairly easy for the dryer to
start...in the machine, belt on, clothes weighing the drum down is a
different story.
http://www.applianceaid.com/wp-motors.html
jeff.
Appliance Repair Aid
http://www.applianceaid.com/
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