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GE clothes dryer not hot DaveC 08-14-2005
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Posted by on August 18, 2005, 3:31 am


That's fine. I live in the Southwestern U.S. desert, and poeple could
dry their clothes here in 15-20 minutes on the clothesline. Many want
to do so, but are prevented by the blockfhurer facist HOA committes.
This, in the middle of an energy crisis. I thought we fought a war to
defeat fascism. Silly me.-Jitney



Posted by on August 18, 2005, 9:03 am



>>Hang a clothesline, save energy and money, and quit whining.-Jitney
>
>That's not permitted in most neighborhoods these days, I guess it depends on
>where you live. Not only that, if I tried it in my area the trees would piss
>sap all over the clothes and ruin them before they even got dry.

How about a nice hoophouse, aka polytunnel? A large 5 cent/ft^2 piece of
4-year greenhouse polyethylene film stretched over $5 double-curved 1x3
bows on 4' centers...

Nick



Posted by ~^Johnny^~ on August 18, 2005, 7:25 pm


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>
>> Hang a clothesline, save energy and money, and quit
>> whining.-Jitney
>>
>
>That's not permitted in most neighborhoods these days, I guess it
>depends on where you live.

Since when?
I thought it was only disallowed in those gay communities under
Neo-Nazi HOA's. :-)


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wide-open at throttle dot info


Posted by on August 15, 2005, 7:05 am


>I presume the way 3 heat settings are accomplished is through the use of
>2 different wattage heater elements. For example, Low = 1000w element;
>Medium = 1500w element; High = both elements.

This may be right. Another way it can be done is with two equal wattage
elements. Low = one element across 120 V, medium = one element across
240 V, high = both elements across 240 V. More common in electric ranges
that have off-1-2-3-4 pushbuttons instead of "infinite" heat controls,
but possible in a dryer.

>How is it possible for the dryer to fail in a mode that results in only
>medium heat?

Using your assumption, "low" element open, or faulty temperature switch.

>Just trying to get a few ideas before opening it up.

Open it up. :) Most GE washers and dryers will have a schematic folded
up and taped somewhere inside the control panel. If you can read this
and drive a DVM, you can make some tests of the switches and the elements
at the control panel wiring, before having to pull the drum out to get at
the elements. Unplug the dryer first and watch out for sharp edges of
sheet metal inside it.

Matt Roberds



Posted by ~^Johnny^~ on August 18, 2005, 7:25 pm


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On Mon, 15 Aug 2005 07:05:14 GMT, mroberds@worldnet.att.net wrote:

>>I presume the way 3 heat settings are accomplished is through the
>>use of 2 different wattage heater elements. For example, Low =
>>1000w element; Medium = 1500w element; High = both elements.

>This may be right. Another way it can be done is with two equal
>wattage elements. Low = one element across 120 V, medium = one
>element across 240 V, high = both elements across 240 V.

This is wrong. 120 V across both elements in parallel will be half
the wattage of 240 V across a single element.

>More common in electric ranges
>that have off-1-2-3-4 pushbuttons instead of "infinite" heat
>controls, but possible in a dryer.

I hated those systems. A quick way to spot a dodgy switch is with an
inline wattmeter. Just cycle through the heat selections and watch
the meter.

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-john
wide-open at throttle dot info


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