Repair help needed: Dryer won't heat

Heating element bad? If you pull it off you might be able to see a broke connection. I had to replace one about a year ago, not too hard of a job, at least on my dryer.

Sounds broken.

1.) Adjust knob to High Heat from No Heat Setting.
2.) ?????
3.) Profit

True OTBallers hang their clothes to dry outside on a clothes line.

Samsung? We just had to get the heating element replaced last week.

The repair guy said they keep those in permanent stock now because they break so often.

We have a 20 year old washer and dryer at our lake house that have never broken and still work great.

These new front load, fancy washers and dryers seem to start falling apart after 5 or 6 years.

Out of heater fluid, take out the lint screen and pour some seafoam in there.

Does sound like the heating element. My wife fixed ours one time, so that should give you an idea of how easy it was.

Replace soilnoids. $2.00 off amazon. YouTube videos show you how, did it last month.

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Replace soilnoids. $2.00 off amazon. YouTube videos show you how, did it last month.

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electric dryers don't have solenoids.

But is if a gas dryer, then yes this is a very common fail point. I wouldn't buy the $2 ones. get Supco or Aspen brand at the cheapest. They are universal all gas dryers after 1994 use the same ones.

He said he checked the element but he could have meant the igniter. Now in that case he would want to check the amperage of the igniter. It can glow, but if it doesn't pull m,ore than 2.5 amps the signal to the solenoids won't open up the gas on the primary coil.

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Out of heater fluid, take out the lint screen and pour some seafoam in there.

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I hope that stuff isn't flammable.