Troubleshooting Procedures

!WARNING

To avoid risk of electrical shock, personal injury or death, disconnect power to unit before servicing, unless testing requires power.

Single Dryer Diagnostic Program

Dryer

Diagnostic

Program

The dryer must be at or near

 

 

 

 

room temperature and plugged

 

 

Enter operator mode

in with the door closed to run

 

 

using the service

 

 

this program. No user program

 

 

switch

should be in progress

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Push the delicates

program keypad for more than 1 second

Are all of the

segments in the display working?

Yes

Push the permanent press program keypad to start the diagnostic program

 

 

Is there a

No

 

diagnostic

 

 

 

code?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Replace the control

No

 

 

 

 

board

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Is there diagnostic

code?

No

Is the dryer drum turning?

Yes

 

 

 

See the single dryer

Yes

 

 

 

 

diagnostic code guide

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Yes

See the single dryer

diagnostic code guide

 

See "Dryer Drum Will Not

No Turn" in the troubleshooting guide

Is the heater on (Allow ample time for the gas flame to ignite)?

Yes

Dryer is operating

normally

 

 

 

See "Dryer Will Not

No

 

 

Heat" in the

 

 

 

 

troubleshooting guide

 

 

 

 

To cancel the diagnostic

 

 

 

 

 

Exit operator mode using

program, push the delicates

 

 

 

 

the service switch

program keypad

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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