meany
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| posted on 6/4/08 at 05:53 PM |
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FAO: elecrical appliance engineers
i need a little help please.
my tumble dryer has stopped heating up.
if the heating element still shows a continuity through it can it still be knackered
or is that element ok and someting else has gone kaput.
cheers, Rob
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rotax78
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| posted on 6/4/08 at 06:16 PM |
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my tumble drier sometimes stops heating up(sorry the wifes), it has an overheat stat that cuts the power to the element when the driers vents etc
become blocked, I just press the pop out button on the stat to reset it and give the machine a good clean everywhere with the vac.
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dave1888
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| posted on 6/4/08 at 06:16 PM |
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IIRC tumble drier elements read about 28 ohms check to see if there is a resettable thermostat on the back. If not it could be the thermostat thats
gone.
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meany
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| posted on 6/4/08 at 06:22 PM |
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cheers guys.
it does have a reset button the back, it hasnt tripped though.
never thought to actually check the resistance i just did a continuity test.
ill check it again later.
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westf27
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| posted on 6/4/08 at 06:45 PM |
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superman here
make and model
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meany
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| posted on 6/4/08 at 07:13 PM |
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MAKE: white knight
MODEL: CL432/1 WV
TYPE: 031243215213
2600W
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ricklawn
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| posted on 6/4/08 at 07:57 PM |
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our dryer stopped drying a while back called out engineer and all he did was bend a piece of wire into a hook and stuck it down the waste pipe, pulled
a big clump of fluff out. worked ever since.
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westf27
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| posted on 6/4/08 at 10:23 PM |
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check heater element (dual circuit) pull off common neutral wire (blue) and test across both circuits.If red button hasnt popped check circuit
anyway.Thermal cutout on backplate to check(note two wires disappear down to centre of drum rear,finally check exhaust stat in exhaust duct,If all ok
timer contact to heater may have failed,good luck
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