My Kenmore electric dryer (model # 110.86582110, don't kow the age)
will not stop running. In timed mode and in auto-dry mode ("more dry .
.. . less dry"), the dial does not advance at all and the dryer
continues to run and continues to heat, sometimes overnight and long
past when the clothes are bone dry. The dryer stops when the door is
opened and restarts when "push to start" is pressed".

After reviewing some posts in this and other groups, I checked the
voltage across the terminals to the timer motor and got a reading of
zero. I then disconnected the leads to the timer motor and applied 120
V and found that the timer did advance in timed mode.

Concluding that the timer assembly was defective, I purchased and
installed a new $87 timer. This did not solve the problem - the dial
still does not advance in either timed or auto-dry modes.

Where did I go wrong? Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,
Tom

lee houston wrote:
"Tom" wrote in message
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After reviewing some posts in this and other groups, I checked the
voltage across the terminals to the timer motor and got a reading of
zero. I then disconnected the leads to the timer motor and applied 120
V and found that the timer did advance in timed mode.

But this tells you that the timer is probably OK.!


Concluding that the timer assembly was defective, I purchased and
installed a new $87 timer. This did not solve the problem - the dial
still does not advance in either timed or auto-dry modes.

if you advance the timer switch manually, does the dryer shut off?

Yes, the buzzer sounds and the dryer shuts off.

if so the wires from the timer to the motor is probably OK.

find out why you're not getting voltage to the timer. An interlock
switch perhaps? There's usually a schematic of the wiring some
where on the dryer.

The schematic is on the back of the dryer. I will get some local
assistance with that from someone better at reading those and/or try to
post a link to a photo of it. Thanks.

lee h

You seem competent in theory and use of your meter. Look at the
electrical diagram in the timed cycle, and see how the timer motor
cirucuit is completed. There may be a broken component that is leading
to your problem. Some timer motor circuits actually go through the
element or a thermostat.

Thanks again for the input. I posted two .jpgs he
http://photos.yahoo.com/tlemley00
One shows the wiring diagram. The other shows the timer, and mounted
next to it, a device that may be the "electronic control" referenced in
the diagram, but I'm not certain about that.

Any suggestions on things to check would be appreciated.

Also, in case my problem might be due to physical damage to wires that
run down behind the drum, I should mention that I recently replaced the
rear seal and rollers after one roller failed and the rear edge of the
drum dropped down about a half inch and actually ground a groove all
the way through the rear wall of the drying chamber. (Tenants were
using it at the time.) That may have damaged wires so I may need to go
back in there and have a look.

Also, in case my problem might be due to physical damage to wires that
run down behind the drum, I should mention that I recently replaced the
rear seal and rollers after one roller failed and the rear edge of the
drum dropped down about a half inch and actually ground a groove all
the way through the rear wall of the drying chamber. (Tenants were
using it at the time.) That may have damaged wires so I may need to go
back in there and have a look.

The plot thickens. g what was the timing? when did the 'doesn't
stop' problem begin relative to the seal/roller repair?

lee

lee houston wrote:

The plot thickens. g what was the timing? when did the 'doesn't
stop' problem begin relative to the seal/roller repair?

Unfortunately I don't know about that. Soon after completing the
roller and seal replacement, I noticed the problem with the dryer not
stopping, and initially assumed I had knocked a wire loose while making
that repair. It then occured to me to ask my wife and she said that
the not stopping problem already existed. So, both problems originated
while tenants were using the machine and I don't know which developed
first.

Paraphrasing the original poster: My lamp was not lighting. I checked,
there was no power in the socket. I tried the lamp with known 110
volts, and the lamp lit.

So, I went out and bought another lamp.

I think the OP (who replaced the timer) was so ignorant that it should
ougth have been painful. When I get through with OP, I'll ask if you
really meant to call the OP competent.

--

Christopher A. Young
You can't shout down a troll.
You have to starve them.
..

wrote in message
ups.com...
You seem competent in theory and use of your meter. Look at the
electrical diagram in the timed cycle, and see how the timer motor
cirucuit is completed. There may be a broken component that is
leading
to your problem. Some timer motor circuits actually go through the
element or a thermostat.

Your troubleshooting logic is defective.

"I applied power and it worked, so I replaced it". Using that same
logic, you should replace your computer, television, lamps, electric
can opener, and the list grows longer.

--

Christopher A. Young
You can't shout down a troll.
You have to starve them.
..

"Tom" wrote in message
oups.com...
My Kenmore electric dryer (model # 110.86582110, don't kow the age)
will not stop running. In timed mode and in auto-dry mode ("more dry
..
.. . less dry"), the dial does not advance at all and the dryer
continues to run and continues to heat, sometimes overnight and long
past when the clothes are bone dry. The dryer stops when the door is
opened and restarts when "push to start" is pressed".

After reviewing some posts in this and other groups, I checked the
voltage across the terminals to the timer motor and got a reading of
zero. I then disconnected the leads to the timer motor and applied
120
V and found that the timer did advance in timed mode.

Concluding that the timer assembly was defective, I purchased and
installed a new $87 timer. This did not solve the problem - the dial
still does not advance in either timed or auto-dry modes.

Where did I go wrong? Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,
Tom

It seems the problem was the electronic controller identified in the
diagram and shown next to the timer in the photo. A newsgroup reader
emailed me suggesting that. Upon inspecting it I noticed a broken
connection on the board that I re-soldered. Now the timer advances in
both timed and auto modes. Many thanks for the help.