TROUBLE SHOOTING
WARNING
To avoid risk of electrical shock, personal injury or death; disconnect power to dryer before servicing, unless testing requires power.
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| If the igniter does not heat up, remove power and using an |
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| ohmmeter, check the following: |
| The igniter does not | • Open flame sensor |
8 | • Open igniter | |
glow | • Shorted booster coil | |
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| • Open wiring |
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| • Bad motor switch ( Neutral supply) |
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| • No power from control ( L1 supply) |
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| If the igniter heats up but the main burner flame is not ignited, |
| Igniter glows - No gas | remove power and using an ohmmeter, check the following: |
9 | • Open secondary coil | |
ignition | • Open holding coil | |
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| • Open wire harness |
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| • Stuck flame sensor (Stuck closed) |
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| If a normal ignition takes place and after a short while the flame |
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| goes out, check for the following: |
| The gas is ignited but | • Radiant sensor contacts opening prematurely. |
10 | • Weak gas valve coil may open when stressed by higher | |
| the flame goes out | Temps. |
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| • Weak |
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| • Poor venting |
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| • Bad drum seals |
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| • Lint filter is not clean. |
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| • Restriction in exhaust. |
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| • Outside exhaust hood damper door stuck closed. |
| Improper drying | • Exhaust too long, too many elbows, flex ductwork installed. |
| • Poor intake air available for the dryer. | |
| clothes wrinkled | |
11 | • Incorrect tumbler speed. Tumbler belt slipping. | |
| Rough texture | • Blower impeller bound; check for foreign material in blower |
| long dry time | |
| area. | |
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| • Customer overloading dryer. |
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| • Check clothing labels for fabric content and cycle selected. |
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| • Clothes too wet due to insufficient spin out by washer. |
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| • Thumping Check for loose tumbler baffle, rear tumbler roller(s) |
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| worn or misaligned, |
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| on tumbler. |
| Noisy and/Or | • Ticking Check for loose wire harness or object caught in |
12 | blower wheel area. | |
Vibration | • Scraping Check for front or rear bulkhead felt seal out of posi- | |
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| tion or worn tumbler front bearings. |
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| • Roaring Check for blower wheel rubbing on blower housing or |
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| bad motor bearings. |
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| • Popping or squealing sound. Check for a sticky or frayed belt. |