"Snag" wrote in message
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Winston wrote:


The wiring/schematics sheet is still with the dryer and it's not that
complicated . Sorry Leon , your solution doesn't fit the symptoms .
Somethin'g shorting both legs to ground at startup , and I can't figger
out what it is .
The motor starts to turn , the fuses blow . He's only got 30A fuses on
this thing , but until recently it's run just fine . I haven't yet found
the spec'd fuse rating , but I'm starting to think that 30's were marginal
, and as the dryer has aged and parts worn , the marginal fuse ain't
cuttin' it anymore . Seems to me that most dryers are set up with a 50 amp
breaker ... and yet , the motor was the only load , I had it on "fluff"
with the heater shut off . Might be the infinite heat control ... I think
he's just going to go get a new unit , this one came with the house and we
know nothing of it's history . We could easily approach the price of a new
one throwing parts at this one .

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Snag
Learning keeps
you young !

step 1 - remove belt from motor, set dryer for air only (no heat), try
again, watch motor carefully - could be a short to ground inside the motor,
more likely a problem with the start circuit. Even better if you could
disconnect the element entirely

If the motor won't start and run with no load and no element, then either
there is a short in the wires to the motor (which you can find by feeling
them after the fuse blows - the problem area will be warm), or there is a
failure of the motor start circuit, or a bad motor. I would probably
remove the motor and bench test it - on most maytags the motor comes out
quickly and easily.

If the motor runs with no load, check for undue friction in the drum, if all
is well, with element still off/disconnected, hook belt up and try again

proceed in this manner to isolate the problem