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Elec dryer suddenly stopped? Wally 07-28-2008
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Posted by Wally on July 28, 2008, 12:31 pm


I have a 10 year old Whirlpool electric clothes dryer and I had it
operating this morning. I heard it shut itself off and when I went
over to it the control dial was in the middle of the drying setting.
Pushing the start button had no effect as did opening/closing the
dryer door.

The breaker for the unit was not tripped so not sure what happened
(power-wise).

When I get home this evening I'll need to do some trouble shooting. I
was planning on taking my voltmeter to the rear contacts to make sure
power is still applied.

Does an electric dryer have an internal 'fuse' that might have
tripped?

Anything else I can look for?

Thanks for any assistance.
Walter


Posted by WDS on July 28, 2008, 1:08 pm


> Does an electric dryer have an internal 'fuse' that might have
> tripped?

Probably two of them, one electrical and one thermal.

> Anything else I can look for?

My guess would be the thermal circuit breaker tripped. On my previous
dryer due to poor design the internal ducts quickly became clogged
with lint and the thermal breaker would trip every few loads until I
vacuumed it all out. If you have the manual look for how to reset it
or search online. On my old one there was a tiny red button that
would pop out the back near the top when the thermal breaker tripped
and after the dryer had cooled off you could press it and get it going
again.

Posted by jack on July 28, 2008, 1:13 pm



>I have a 10 year old Whirlpool electric clothes dryer and I had it
> operating this morning. I heard it shut itself off and when I went
> over to it the control dial was in the middle of the drying setting.
> Pushing the start button had no effect as did opening/closing the
> dryer door.
>
> The breaker for the unit was not tripped so not sure what happened
> (power-wise).
>
> When I get home this evening I'll need to do some trouble shooting. I
> was planning on taking my voltmeter to the rear contacts to make sure
> power is still applied.
>
> Does an electric dryer have an internal 'fuse' that might have
> tripped?
>
> Anything else I can look for?
>
Hopefully someone who knows more than me will get back to you, but the
samething happened to me a couple years ago.
A fuse in the back had blown. A new one was a couple bucks at an appliance
parts store. Sorry, but that's about all I remember.



Posted by on July 28, 2008, 2:26 pm


>
>
>
>
> >I have a 10 year old Whirlpool electric clothes dryer and I had it
> > operating this morning. =A0I heard it shut itself off and when I went
> > over to it the control dial was in the middle of the drying setting.
> > Pushing the start button had no effect as did opening/closing the
> > dryer door.
>
> > The breaker for the unit was not tripped so not sure what happened
> > (power-wise).
>
> > When I get home this evening I'll need to do some trouble shooting. =A0=
I
> > was planning on taking my voltmeter to the rear contacts to make sure
> > power is still applied.
>
> > Does an electric dryer have an internal 'fuse' that might have
> > tripped?
>
> > Anything else I can look for?
>
> Hopefully someone who knows more than me will get back to you, but the
> samething happened to me a couple years ago.
> A fuse in the back had blown. =A0A new one was a couple bucks at an appli=
ance
> parts store. =A0Sorry, but that's about all I remember.- Hide quoted text=
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>
> - Show quoted text -

electric driers suck - usually when they quit in the middle of the
cycle, heater element(s) are burnt.....sorry about bad news;
your next drier shoud be a gas one..........
cheers

Posted by dpb on July 28, 2008, 2:30 pm


daszkiew2000@yahoo.com wrote:
...
> electric driers suck - usually when they quit in the middle of the
> cycle, heater element(s) are burnt.....sorry about bad news;
...
a) No, not really...I find them quite satisfactory.
b) No, if the elements fail it is highly unlikely to stop the drum; even
more frequently only one element fails so the heat output is just reduced

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