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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| • All wires are hooked up to their corresponding terminals. | ||
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| • Dryer is plugged in. | ||
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| • Blown fuse or circuit breaker. | ||
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| • Door switch functional...door closed. Check for error code 3 (See | ||
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1 | Will Not Start or Run | • | Start/Pause rotary selector dial functional. | |
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| • | Control Board operational. | |
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| • | Belt off or broken and Belt | |
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| • | Drive motor functional. | |
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| • Check motor winding resistance: 2.88ohms between pin #3 and | ||
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| 4, 3.5ohms between pin #4 and 5. | |
| Motor runs/ tumbler | • | Belt off or broken/damaged. | |
2 | • | Idler tension spring too weak or stretched. | ||
will not turn | ||||
| • Idler pulley jammed or stuck. | |||
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| • Lint buildup around drive motor. | ||
3 | Runs a few minutes | • | Low voltage present. | |
and then stops | • | Blower impeller blocked in blower housing. | ||
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| • Drive motor - start switch contacts stuck closed. | ||
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| - Is the belt connected well? | ||
| Blows fuses or trips | - Is the winding of the motor continuous? | ||
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| (Rotor winding, stator winding, generator) | ||
circuit breaker | - | Is the motor protector normal? | ||
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| • If above points are not found, the PCB assembly is out of order. | ||
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| Replace it. | |
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| • During ignition the dryer will draw X amps. With the burner ON, | ||
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| the dryer will draw X amps. If the dryer is drawing amperages | |
| Blows fuses or trips |
| above this, then the house wiring, fuse box or circuit breaker is | |
5 | circuit breaker (Gas | • | suspected to be at fault. | |
| Model) | Igniter harness loose and shorted to base. | ||
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| • Incorrect wiring or wire shorted to ground. | ||
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| • Drive motor winding shorting to ground. | ||
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| Open heating element. | ||
| Will not heat (motor | • | ||
6 | • | Regulating thermostat trips easily or is open. | ||
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| • | Membrane switch open. | ||
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| • | Check Thermistor. | |
| Will Not Dry Gas | When the dryer is operated on a heat setting, the igniter should be | ||
| energized and burner shall fire within 45 seconds at 120 VAC. The | |||
7 | Model Poor Gas | |||
failure of a component in this system will usually be indicated by one | ||||
| Ignition | |||
| of three symptoms: | |||
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