Dryer was spinning but not heating so replaced cartridge fuses last week and thought I solved problem however it was only temporary. Back to spinning only. Cartridge fuses are two 30 amp as required. There is also a regular 30 amp fuse for both dryer & washer. Washer works fine though I did replace with new fuse just in case. Would it have anything to do with operating both at the same time though I always have done so in the past.
2006-10-01 03:47:16 · 12 answers · asked by Miranda 2 in Home & Garden ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
As it turns out I'm not as clueless as last person who answered seems to think. Thanks to my 2nd question about doing it myself and receicing a helpful answer without calling a repairman I did fix it myself and it was one of the cartridge fuses bot the heating element & it has been working ever since.
2006-10-04 12:37:40 · update #1
Should have read "not" instead of "bot" - guess the last person still had me wondering why they would bother to answer in such a fashion that I wasn't paying attention to my spelling. Thanks to everyone else who at least tried to be helpful.
2006-10-04 12:40:18 · update #2
Your heating coil has gone bad.
2006-10-01 03:50:24 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It sounds like you have a bad heating element. Sometimes they break and fuse themselves to the dry housing. They will still give off a partial heat, You are only operating that part on 110, the hot lead to neutral. Thermostates can also go bad, as the timer and there is also a switch on the motor that kicks the heating element in once it reaches a certain speed. I have also seen the cartridge fuses read 110 or 220 oacross both of them and once you applied a load to it the voltage dropped to zero.
2006-10-01 03:57:55 · answer #2 · answered by Thomas S 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The heating element is not working. Had the same situation last year. The heating element cost is approximately the same cost as a new dryer. We opted for the new dryer.
2006-10-01 03:51:00 · answer #3 · answered by Babydoll 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why would you change the fuses to feed the dryer if it is already running?
Clueless, aren't you?
Heating element is faulty.
2006-10-04 10:49:57 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If your dryer is an electric model, it might be that the heating element is going bad. I would have an appliance repairman check it out.
2006-10-01 03:59:32 · answer #5 · answered by home729 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If it is an elecric ignitor on a gas connection the dryer will still spin to the cycle selected but you not get no heat!
2006-10-01 03:57:59 · answer #6 · answered by HENRY 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The heating element is fried
2006-10-01 03:55:01 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The heating element may be bad.
2006-10-01 03:54:16 · answer #8 · answered by Trollhair 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hire an electrician to scope it out. Nothing wrong with the units.
2006-10-01 03:51:04 · answer #9 · answered by David S 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
blowing a fuse means its drawing too much current...andmeans somethings wrong!get a qualified person there..
2006-10-03 10:53:39 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋