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Posted: Sat Sep 13th, 2008 19:19 |
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| Dried first load, no problems, second load ran for about 15 minutes then stopped. All lights workin on the panel, no error codes showing. Drum doesn't turn, dryer tries to start but doesn't. Cleaned all vents and replaced thermal fuse. When turned back on dryer hmmms a nice little tune but drum won't turn. Any advice you can give us would be great.
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Posted: Sat Sep 13th, 2008 19:50 |
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If you could remove the Belt and see if you can turn the Motor or the Drum.
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Posted: Sat Sep 13th, 2008 22:18 |
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| yes, the drum turns.
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Posted: Sat Sep 13th, 2008 22:51 |
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usmarine wrote: yes, the drum turns. can you turn the Motor ?Last edited on Sat Sep 13th, 2008 22:56 by RegUS_PatOff
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Posted: Sun Sep 14th, 2008 12:14 |
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Semper Fi,
Remove the blower housing, usually 3 1/4" screws, and see if you have something stuck in between the blower wheel and the outer housing.
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Posted: Fri Sep 19th, 2008 16:52 |
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| We aplogize for not responding earlier, husband on call and probably won't be able to get back to this til the weekend. We truly appreciate any help you give us.
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Posted: Fri Sep 19th, 2008 18:15 |
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Semper Fi,
Will work on this again tomorrow. Not sure where the blower wheel is but will break out the spec sheet.
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Posted: Tue Sep 23rd, 2008 00:34 |
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| ok, husband can't get back to this so i'm going to muddle thru. i need to clarify some things - when i press the start button the dryer starts for a few minutes, drum turns, dryer heats as normal and then it cuts off after 5 minutes or so. There is air going thru the dryer vent - do i still need to check the blower wheel? and if all of this is going on isn't the motor working?
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Posted: Tue Sep 23rd, 2008 01:02 |
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The Blower Wheel is connected directly to the Motor.
If there's something clogging the Blower Wheel, or if it's loose on the Shaft, that could cause some problems with the Motor "humming" and not turning the Drum sometimes.
Did husband clean out the Blower Wheel area ? Was there anything there ?
That could cause an over-temp and shut down the Dryer.
What "cuts off", just the Heater or the Drum also ?
If you could measure the output temperature of the rear vent with an empty load Timed Dry, High Heat.
It should cycle somewhere between 135F & 160F
You could use a meat thermometer...
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Posted: Tue Sep 23rd, 2008 01:30 |
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| looks like i have to remove the gas line to the dryer?
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Posted: Tue Sep 23rd, 2008 01:53 |
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Are you getting a F1 error message. I had a duet run for a few mins and kick off and it was the thermistor that was bad. Located on the blower housing next to blower wheel.Look for codes on your keypad when it shuts off.
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Posted: Tue Sep 23rd, 2008 01:58 |
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usmarine wrote: looks like i have to remove the gas line to the dryer? why ?
There should be a flexible Gas Line hooked to the Dryer.
OR you could disconnect the Vent Pipe anywhere between the Dryer and the outside wall (closest to the Dryer)Last edited on Tue Sep 23rd, 2008 02:01 by RegUS_PatOff
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Posted: Tue Sep 23rd, 2008 02:01 |
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| blower wheel turns freely and also turns drum. nothing in there but a little dust from lint.
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Posted: Tue Sep 23rd, 2008 02:06 |
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| we thought about replacing the thermistor just for gp, but no, when we run diagnostics nothing errors out.
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Posted: Tue Sep 23rd, 2008 02:11 |
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| the drum stops turning. the timer ticks down for a few minutes and then the dryer cuts off. we had the back off, am putting that back together to try and check temp.
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Posted: Tue Sep 23rd, 2008 02:17 |
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usmarine wrote: the drum stops turning.... the timer ticks down for a few minutes and then the dryer cuts off....
Is this in the Timed Dry Cycle ?
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Posted: Tue Sep 23rd, 2008 02:32 |
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| semper fi-in the bottom is a tech sheet. you would need a multi meter to check the thermistor. it will be black or white just to the right of the thermal fuse. the tech sheet will give you the ohm reading you need. i think at room temp it's like 11 ohms. the thermistor tells the controlboard that the exhaust air is dry and shuts the control off premature. post back. i've got a marine of my own.
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Posted: Tue Sep 23rd, 2008 02:38 |
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| don't you mean the Moisure Sensor ?
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Posted: Tue Sep 23rd, 2008 03:09 |
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| drum won't turn at all now. control panel comes on but nothing else. dryer had run for a few minutes earlier (before we tried to check temp). experience says it won't come on again for a few hours, then runs for 2 or 3 minutes and shuts off again. not sure if that helps, but will need to check temp tomorrow -
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Posted: Tue Sep 23rd, 2008 03:10 |
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