My dryer take two cycles to get our clothes dry. It's getting annoying. I don't think it's the heating element or the air duct being clogged. Any other ideas?
2007-04-06 05:52:45 · 11 answers · asked by ♥mybabyboy♥ 5 in Home & Garden ➔ Cleaning & Laundry
We have completely cleaned the air duct and we remove lint before every load. Our clothes or warm when we remove them. It is the same when we have large and small loads.
2007-04-06 06:15:13 · update #1
I did the water test and washed with soap and water. It is letting much more water through now. I've just put another wet load in. We'll see if this helps. Keep coming with the ideas though.
2007-04-06 06:26:51 · update #2
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2007-04-06 05:57:42 · answer #1 · answered by purple_lily76 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Too many clothes in the dryer?
It doesn't take a lot of lint in the air duct to reduce the effectiveness of the dryer. Check the point where the duct attaches to the dryer.
2007-04-06 05:57:11 · answer #2 · answered by Joe Rockhead 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Check the duct again to make sure it could be anywhere in the duct. If you are sure that it isn't the duct then it is more then likely a thermal switch. It is getting hot & kicking off the heating element.
Not to make you sound stupid but is the lint trap empty?
2007-04-06 06:05:18 · answer #3 · answered by kingmt01 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
are you cleaning the lint trap before every load??
do you have the dryer set to regular? if it's on delicate, then it will take several cycles to dry?
is your washing machine spinning all the water out of the clothes??
2007-04-06 05:59:23 · answer #4 · answered by cheezy 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
if you use those dryer sheet it can clog the lint filter,you cant see it .just take out the lint filter Ron some water on it and see if the water passes through it easy.i was told this and sure enough the water beaded up if this happens just use and old tooth brush and some dish soap.
2007-04-06 07:02:33 · answer #5 · answered by Steve C 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mine did the same thing, and it was indeed that the air duct was partly clogged. Also it was old. may be time to get a new one!
2007-04-06 05:56:59 · answer #6 · answered by hollybear 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I thought the same thing about my dryer and i had a tech. come out and it was indeed the heating element.
2007-04-06 06:01:29 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
try removing the lint trap and scrubbing with a brush, softener accumulates on it and blocks air flow.
2007-04-06 06:13:14 · answer #8 · answered by Anah B 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
so does my mother's try making sure that what you dry isn't a too big pile or isn't too wet. let some water out before you toss it into the machine
2007-04-06 05:56:20 · answer #9 · answered by Kiera Bruce 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
could be some stuff is trapped in there and it is not getting overheated cuz if it did it would start a fire. i would call the manufacturer
2007-04-06 05:57:17 · answer #10 · answered by Jim G 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋