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GE clothes dryer not hot
DaveC wrote:
This GE dryer (USA 240v model) has 4 heat settings: Hi, Medium, Low, Fluff (no heat). It also has a moisture-monitoring setting ("More Dry" and "Less Dry"). I presume the way 3 heat settings are accomplished is through the use of 2 different wattage heater elements. For example, Low = 1000w element; Medium = 1500w element; High = both elements. There is now one heat setting: medium. All the settings of the heat switch result in the same medium heat. The filter screen is clean and the airflow out of the vent hose (I disconnected it and checked the flow) is unchanged from a year ago (the last time I remember checking it out). Mains voltage verified. No overheating external connections. How is it possible for the dryer to fail in a mode that results in only medium heat? Just trying to get a few ideas before opening it up. GE model DBXR453ET3WW Thanks, Consider that your dryer is not just 240V it is 120-240V any element can be running at 120V or 240V or 0V at any one time. It might also cycle, but I don't think any do that to control the temp. -- Joseph Meehan Dia duit |
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"Joseph Meehan" wrote in message . .. DaveC wrote: This GE dryer (USA 240v model) has 4 heat settings: Hi, Medium, Low, Fluff (no heat). It also has a moisture-monitoring setting ("More Dry" and "Less Dry"). I presume the way 3 heat settings are accomplished is through the use of 2 different wattage heater elements. For example, Low = 1000w element; Medium = 1500w element; High = both elements. There is now one heat setting: medium. All the settings of the heat switch result in the same medium heat. The filter screen is clean and the airflow out of the vent hose (I disconnected it and checked the flow) is unchanged from a year ago (the last time I remember checking it out). Mains voltage verified. No overheating external connections. How is it possible for the dryer to fail in a mode that results in only medium heat? Just trying to get a few ideas before opening it up. GE model DBXR453ET3WW Thanks, Consider that your dryer is not just 240V it is 120-240V any element can be running at 120V or 240V or 0V at any one time. It might also cycle, but I don't think any do that to control the temp. Dryer elements that I've seen have all been 240v, I also had a Kenmore dryer that had separate button thermostats which cycled the element depending on the temperature setting, I figured most dryers did it this way. If you have two elements and are only getting medium then the low element is not working, either it's burned out, the overtemp thermostat is tripped or defective, or the switch is bad. |
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