Hi everyone, thanks for all your help! I have looked through the forum but don't see this problem listed. This dryer seems to have only one temperature....hot! My wife noticed (I always keep the dial at "delicate" but it does get quite hot) anyway she wants a new dryer, but I think I just need to replace something. What would that something be???
thanks!
Steve

Hi Steve,

When you say hot, are the clothes getting dry quickly, or does it take the normal time or more and the clothes are hot to the touch when they are done? My first thought would be a restricted vent not allowing the air to maintain a consistant temperature. You can test this by removing the vent from the back of the dryer, open a window if possible and run the dryer with clothes and see if that is improved. My second thought would be a shorted element causing it to remain on during operation instead of cycling on and off. If you remove the back panel, the element will be in the lower right corner and held in with two screws. If it is shorted, you should be able to see is mark and usually the frame can be bent back to it's normal position to fix it. My third thought is a bad operating thermostat bias heater, but try the first two things first before we get into the wiring.

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Hi, thanks for the thoughts. The clothes seem to dry as they always have and it does go through the cool down period. Clothes not hot to touch when cycle is finished. It just seems that there is no control over heat settings....just one hot temp.

You dryer uses one heating element to heat and the operating temperatures are controlled by the selector switch and the thermostat. As long as the venting is good, (did you try it without the vent hose connected?) I would suspect one of those components is the problem. If you have access to a multimeter and want to take some measurements, I can get you to the right points to check.

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Hi, yes I did pull the dryer away from the wall (directly hooked up to the side vent behind it.)
Steve

Not just away from the wall but disconnected from the vent. Just trying to eliminate a restricted vent inside the house. If you have access to a multimeter, you can remove the rear panel, and look for the operating thermostat just above the vent outlet. It should have 4 wires going to it and you need to ohm out the two purple (violet?) wires with one unplugged from the terminal. This is your temperature control and as you select different temperatures on the control, the resistance should change. You also need to ohm the two terminals themselves and see what reading you get. They are the bias heater contacts and are used to trick the thermostat into opening at differing temperatures. An open or shorted reading would indicate a bad thermostat. If the temperature selection doesn't change resistance readings when checked, that would indicate the switch is bad.

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