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 | |
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| (See Table for codedefinition). | |
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 | |
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| and 4, 3.5ohms between pin #4 and 5. | |
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| Motor runs/ tumbler | • Belt off or broken/damaged. | |
2 | • Idler tension spring too weak or stretched. | ||
will not turn | |||
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| • Idler pulley jammed or stuck. | |
| Runs a few minutes | • Lint buildup around drive motor. | |
3 | • 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? | |
4 | (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 | |
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| order. Replace it. | |
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| • During ignition the dryer will draw X amps. With the burner | |
| Blows fuses or trips | ON, the dryer will draw X amps. If the dryer is drawing am- | |
| perages above this, then the house wiring, fuse box or circuit | ||
5 | circuit breaker | breaker is suspected to be at fault. | |
| (Gas 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 | • | |
6 | • Regulating thermostat trips easily or is open. | ||
| (motor runs) | • 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 | ||
7 | Model Poor Gas | ||
VAC. The failure of a component in this system will usually be | |||
| Ignition | ||
| indicated by one of three symptoms: | ||
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