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Dryer not blowing heat
Posted on 6/4/18 at 9:10 am
Posted on 6/4/18 at 9:10 am
Whirlpool Ultimate Care II, everything is working except it stop blowing heat. Is it something I can fix? Need a repairman? Or is it dead?
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Posted on 6/4/18 at 9:12 am to Geaux-2-L-O-Miss
Change the flux capacitor. Also, wiggle the doohickey. You should be good to go.
Posted on 6/4/18 at 9:12 am to Geaux-2-L-O-Miss
This seems like a job for Napoleon. But, is your dryer gas or electric?
Posted on 6/4/18 at 9:13 am to Geaux-2-L-O-Miss
Make sure the silver exhaust tube is clear of lint and debris.
Posted on 6/4/18 at 9:13 am to Geaux-2-L-O-Miss
Could be thermal cut-off, but probably heating element.
Posted on 6/4/18 at 9:14 am to whoisnickdoobs
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Make sure the silver exhaust tube is clear of lint and debris.
And make sure the lint catcher is clean too. Should have started there. I had a buddy who was complaining that his dryer wasn't working. We went to take a look at it, and he never cleaned the lint catcher. It was like a fricking pillow.
Posted on 6/4/18 at 9:14 am to Geaux-2-L-O-Miss
sounds like a heating element
depends on your mancard status
quote:
Is it something I can fix? Need a repairman?
depends on your mancard status
Posted on 6/4/18 at 9:15 am to Geaux-2-L-O-Miss
Your heating element is probably out.
I've changed mine twice, they aren't difficult.
You can check continuity across the coil to see if it's broke.
I've changed mine twice, they aren't difficult.
You can check continuity across the coil to see if it's broke.
Posted on 6/4/18 at 9:18 am to boxcarbarney
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We went to take a look at it, and he never cleaned the lint catcher. It was like a fricking pillow.
I don't mean to demean the OP if this is the cause, but I'm always surprised at how many people just don't realize that you have to do basic stuff like this to keep your stuff running correctly.
Posted on 6/4/18 at 9:18 am to Geaux-2-L-O-Miss
Make sure the vent is clear. Somehow the cover on the outside of my house broke and a bird was building a damn nest in the exhaust.
Posted on 6/4/18 at 9:20 am to Geaux-2-L-O-Miss
Either your heating element or your thermal fuse. Both are common replacements on a dryer and fairly straight forward. There is almost certainly a YouTube DIY for diagnosing and changing the parts I mentioned. If you're handy at all, you can mange this.
Posted on 6/4/18 at 9:25 am to GetCocky11
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I don't mean to demean the OP if this is the cause, but I'm always surprised at how many people just don't realize that you have to do basic stuff like this to keep your stuff running correctly.
My kids have been doing laundry since they were 10 and they still don’t clean the friggin’ trap.
I honestly think it’s going to take something like this after they have their own places before they actually start doing it.
This post was edited on 6/4/18 at 9:26 am
Posted on 6/4/18 at 9:28 am to StupidBinder
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My kids have been doing laundry since they were 10 and they still don’t clean the friggin’ trap.
I honestly think it’s going to take something like this after they have their own places before they actually start doing it.
HVAC tech recently showed me a picture of a unit where the owners had not changed the air filter in years. It was incredible to see how far and wide the dust and crap had built up.
Posted on 6/4/18 at 9:33 am to Geaux-2-L-O-Miss
My money is on thermal fuse. Easy to check with a multi-meter (and a lot cheaper to replace).
Posted on 6/4/18 at 9:46 am to Geaux-2-L-O-Miss
electric or gas?
Posted on 6/4/18 at 9:50 am to StupidBinder
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My kids have been doing laundry since they were 10 and they still don’t clean the friggin’ trap. I honestly think it’s going to take something like this after they have their own places before they actually start doing it.
Not to mention it's a very real fire hazard to have all that lint built up in the filter and exhaust pipe leading outside.
Posted on 6/4/18 at 9:51 am to Geaux-2-L-O-Miss
Could be a few things.
Like the thermal fuse, thermal cut off, thermal overload, thermostat, heating element. If gas could be coils or igniter.
Could even be a fine dryer just a half bad two leg breaker.
Could be a lot of things.
Like the thermal fuse, thermal cut off, thermal overload, thermostat, heating element. If gas could be coils or igniter.
Could even be a fine dryer just a half bad two leg breaker.
Could be a lot of things.
Posted on 6/4/18 at 9:52 am to whoisnickdoobs
quote:And is not crushed or smashed.
Make sure the silver exhaust tube is clear of lint and debris.
Posted on 6/4/18 at 9:53 am to kengel2
See I hate generic answers. SOME heating elements are easy. Nine screws and one or two panels and voila. Some require the full tear down of the machine and the removal of everything except the motor.
Posted on 6/4/18 at 9:54 am to Geaux-2-L-O-Miss
Maybe dinner and drinks first would help.
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