On Sun, 06 Apr 2014 06:52:55 -0500, Stormin Mormon
wrote:

On 4/5/2014 6:58 PM, Nil wrote:
I think I can DIY it. I've fixed it before - I replaced the belt about
10 years ago, and it wasn't too hard. And the parts may be less than I
thought. I see on Ebay that a used heater goes for about $45 and the
individual heating coils are only about $15 each. The thermostats are
less than $10. So it's matter of me opening up the machine, testing the
parts with my multimeter, closing up the machine, ordering the parts,
opening up the machine again when they arrive and doing the fix. My
time and labor is cheap if it's for myself.

Fixing it will definitely be cheaper than a new unit. But since lots of
other big appliances are more energy efficient, maybe a new dryer would
work better and be cheaper to run.


I doubt there is enough savings to be worth the
cost of the machine. Thermal cut outs are a known
problem, especially on lint clogged machine.

After the cycle, are the clothes warm when you take
them out?
It's hard to make an electric heater more or less than 100%
efficient.