2006-12-30 14:32:35 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Home & Garden ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
Does it dry the clothes? If so, does the timer turn by itself? If not, does it get hot? If it does not get hot, is it gas or electric? If it is electric, turn the breaker off and then back on (sounds stupid, but do it anyway.) If it is gas, is it supposed to have a pilot or is it self igniting? If pilot, is it lit? If self igniting, does it glow red in the burner area when you first start it?
If it does dry the clothes it may be the timer. If it does not dry them and it is not hot, it may be the heating element or something in the burner area.
Answer the questions and we will go from there, probably with more specific questions.
If it is the timer, they are rather easy to replace. Get a timer made exactly for your unit, not a generic. Unplug the dryer from the wall, do not just turn off the breaker. Draw a detailed picture of EACH wire before removing them. This is quite important.
P.S. the pantyhose idea is very VERY bad. Too much moisure dumping into the house. If it is a gas dryer, you are risking killing yourself with carbon monoxide. Bad idea.
2006-12-30 14:54:33 · answer #1 · answered by DSM Handyman 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is what I did. First clean the lint filter thoroughly and even vacuum in the slot where the filter goes. On the back of the dryer (mine is on the back) there is an exhaust pipe about 6" in diameter and there is a plastic expandable hose that fits over the exhaust and that hose goes to the outside. The exhaust hose is about 6 feet long and that seemed to be too much for the dryer. So I took that hose off the back (vacuumed inside that space) and started putting used knee high pantyhose on that vent on the back of the dryer and I used a rubber band to hold it on. Since I did that, the dryer empties lint into the knee-high and when its full I take it off and throw it away and put another knee-high on there. Now my dryer runs through a drying cycle and works just fine. When there is a big load sometimes the lint filter in the front gets pretty loaded and that slows down the drying. I just clean that filter during the drying and it speeds up the load. I was ready to call the fixer myself and for some reason I thought to do this and it worked. Good luck.
2006-12-30 14:51:01 · answer #2 · answered by firstyearbabyboomer 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Its a job for a fixer for sure.
2006-12-30 14:36:58 · answer #3 · answered by kicking_back 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
does the timer advance on it's own? does it move to the end of the cycle and just not shut off? or does it take a real long time to dry the clothes and it seems like it takes too long on the automatic cycle? please give us more to go on. too many choices right now. thanks, i keep an eye out for your posts.
2006-12-30 17:26:25 · answer #4 · answered by car dude 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
odds are it's the timer, A repairman from Sears is about $75 the timer is about $150 odds are it's close to buying a new one
If you can do the timer yourself, maybe you can save enough
2006-12-30 14:38:39 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
u need to call someone to fix that
2006-12-30 14:40:34 · answer #6 · answered by N/A 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
unplug it
2006-12-30 14:34:08 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋