Troubleshooting Chart
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Dryer runs, but no heat | Line fuse or heater circuit fuse | Replace fuse. |
(continued). | blown to unit |
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| Defective door switch | Check continuity across contacts, opened & closed. If |
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| defective, replace door switch. |
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| Air switch not operating | Clean out lint compartment daily. Check back draft |
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| damper for foreign objects, lint accumulation or other |
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| causes that may prevent damper from opening. Check |
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| duct work for lint |
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| to ensure duct work and |
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| properly sized. Check exhaust outlet. If a screen has |
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| been improperly installed on the outlet, it may be |
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| clogged with lint or frozen over in Winter. Never install |
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| a screen on the exhaust outlet. Vacuum within dryer |
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| drops to .09 inches of water column, or less, for normal |
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| operation of dryer, vacuum reading (in inches of water |
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| column) should range between .15 and .3 inches. |
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| Vacuum reading can be made with a vacuum |
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| by removing a sheet metal screw in the back panel or |
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| right panel at front bottom corner and inserting the |
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| rubber tube of the vacuum gauge into screw opening. |
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| Air switch out of adjustment | Refer to Air Switch Adjustment section. |
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| Air switch defective | Check continuity across contacts, opened and closed. |
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| If defective, replace switch with power off. Check |
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| manifold pressure and adjust to pressure specified on |
| Gas pressure too low | rating plate. If this pressure cannot be obtained, have |
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| gas supplier check main pressure. |
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| Improper orifice | Dryer is orificed for type of gas specified on rating |
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| plate. Check with gas supplier to determine specifica- |
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| tions for gas being used. If different from rating plate, |
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| contact factory to obtain proper orifices. |
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| Electric power to heating unit | Turn power on. |
| turned off |
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