re: My morning has been a steaming pile of first world problems

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Thermal fuses are the usual cause on no dryer heat. Parts cheap in Amazon.


Will the dryer still turn on? This is a Maytag Bravos XL. Google results have been inconclusive on whether the dryer will turn on or not if the thermal fuse blew.

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Most dryers will still run with thermal fuse blown. Thermal fuse just stops the heating element from running amuck. For most dryers, everything should work the same except for no heat.

Most appliance parts houses will have them in plenty if you can't wait for delivery and they are usually pretty simple to change. I will caution though that sometimes, there is a reason it blew that will cause them to keep blowing.

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Will the dryer still turn on? This is a Maytag Bravos XL. Google results have been inconclusive on whether the dryer will turn on or not if the thermal fuse blew.

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I have the same dryer and mine just went out.

If it runs other than no heat, unplug it and take the front door off.

Look underneath on the left side and you will see the heater and two wires running to it in the very front. These are the ones for the heating element.

Unplug at least one of the wires and then measure the resistance with multimeter across the leads for the heater that the wires plug up to.

If it's OL/open, ie. no continuity then the element wire is burned up which is what was wrong with mine.

You can buy a kit on amazon for about 26 bucks with new element and thermo fuse and thermostat. LINK (check your model number of course)

I just replaced them all, but the wire in the element was definitely burnt in two.

This will walk you through the whole process.

ETA: If you haven't yet, you may want to change out the idler pulley and drum belt while you are at it. Those also went out on mine a couple months ago. They aren't too expensive either and since you are already in there...