"Craig Hart" writes:

You don't say why you think it is the heater element that you think is
defective,

Perhaps there's a sold block of ice stuck in the mould that won't come out?

I've also see a case where water got into the timer mechanism and froze solid,
preventing it from turning. Nothing else wrong once thawed out and dried.

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