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Posted: Sun Nov 1st, 2009 04:42 pm

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After reading on the subject, I believe my thermal switch/fuse is bad. The dryer will not come on and after investigating, found the dryer vent got clogged by a birdsnest. I ohmed out the switch and it reads open/infinity. Now I take it that the switch is bad, the question is........ Can I jumper across the switch to ensure that that is the problem? Just wanted to see if there are any safety issues before I proceed

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Posted: Sun Nov 1st, 2009 04:56 pm

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Yes, you can jumper it just to test it out.

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Posted: Sun Nov 1st, 2009 05:09 pm

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right on, that's the problem. Jumpered across, and it fired right up.
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