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Clothes dryer timer motor doesn't move
The knob I use to select drying time in this White-Westinghouse dryer
doesn't move, regardless of whether set for timed or automatic drying. With the dryer running, I measure 120 V across the motor. Resistance across the motor, with one lead disconnected from everything, is 3000 ohms, which is about what it should be based on the 3 watt rating stamped on it. Electrically, the motor seems okay. Looks like a mechanical failure (e.g., gears) within the timer assembly. Anything else I might be missing? Thanks, Ray |
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Ray K wrote: The knob I use to select drying time in this White-Westinghouse dryer doesn't move, regardless of whether set for timed or automatic drying. With the dryer running, I measure 120 V across the motor. Resistance across the motor, with one lead disconnected from everything, is 3000 ohms, which is about what it should be based on the 3 watt rating stamped on it. Electrically, the motor seems okay. Looks like a mechanical failure (e.g., gears) within the timer assembly. Anything else I might be missing? Thanks, Ray Hi, If the timer motor is getting 110-120 volts AC in all timer settings ( timed and auto cycles ) but the timer is not advancing/moving....certainly sounds like new timer time! Doesn't have to be a stripped gear, something could be binding/seizing up as well and failing. jeff. Appliance Repair Aid http://www.applianceaid.com/ |
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Sounds like you have isolated the problem. Excellent work.
-- Christopher A. Young Learn more about Jesus www.lds.org www.mormons.com "Ray K" wrote in message ... The knob I use to select drying time in this White-Westinghouse dryer doesn't move, regardless of whether set for timed or automatic drying. With the dryer running, I measure 120 V across the motor. Resistance across the motor, with one lead disconnected from everything, is 3000 ohms, which is about what it should be based on the 3 watt rating stamped on it. Electrically, the motor seems okay. Looks like a mechanical failure (e.g., gears) within the timer assembly. Anything else I might be missing? Thanks, Ray |
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I have replaced my timer 3 times, $60 bucks each. the 1st one I got was
defective, and the second lasted about a year. The third is 3 years and going strong. |
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Mastermech wrote:
I have replaced my timer 3 times, $60 bucks each. the 1st one I got was defective, and the second lasted about a year. The third is 3 years and going strong. Which brand dryer? |
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Appliance Repair Aid wrote:
Ray K wrote: The knob I use to select drying time in this White-Westinghouse dryer doesn't move, regardless of whether set for timed or automatic drying. With the dryer running, I measure 120 V across the motor. Resistance across the motor, with one lead disconnected from everything, is 3000 ohms, which is about what it should be based on the 3 watt rating stamped on it. Electrically, the motor seems okay. Looks like a mechanical failure (e.g., gears) within the timer assembly. Anything else I might be missing? Thanks, Ray Hi, If the timer motor is getting 110-120 volts AC in all timer settings ( timed and auto cycles ) but the timer is not advancing/moving....certainly sounds like new timer time! Doesn't have to be a stripped gear, something could be binding/seizing up as well and failing. jeff. Appliance Repair Aid http://www.applianceaid.com/ One other thing that probably confirms mechanical problems: Seems to me that originally I could twist the timer knob only clockwise. Now I can twist it either way. |
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