Amana Dryer NED7200TW Not Drying/Heating Up

[bappy]

Model Number

NED7200TW

Hello!
I'm hoping someone could help me. My Amana Dryer isn't heating up! I figured it was the heating element as this is usually the culprit from previous experiences;however, when I opened up my dryer and looked, the heating element is perfectly fine.

Could someone provide me some advise? I'm not sure what else to do or order at this point. Appreciate any input! Thanks!

 

[bappy]

Just a quick follow-up: i took the thermostat (part #35001092) off the metal-carriage-thing and tested it with my digital multimeter. I'm not the most advanced multimeter user, unfortunately. I set it to 'resistance with tone' and I get a beep when I touch both terminals. Using the lowest ohm setting (200) I get a reading of around 00.1.


I took off the thermal fuse assembly (part #35001193) and tested it with my multimeter. I don't get a tone when testing this component - no reading on the digital multimeter (stays at 1). Does this pinpoint that the problem is with the thermal fuse assembly?

 

[bappy]

Another quick follow-up: I removed and tested the thermistor (35001191) and it's not getting a tone and there is no reading on my digital multimeter.

 

[jeff1]

Hi,

I removed and tested the thermistor (35001191) and it's not getting a tone and there is no reading on my digital multimeter.

You would need a high resistance setting to check the thermistor...the tone part may not test it correctly.

I took off the thermal fuse assembly (part #35001193) and tested it with my multimeter. I don't get a tone when testing this component - no reading on the digital multimeter (stays at 1).

That would indicate it is bad.

LINK> Thermal fuse

jeff.

 

[bappy]

Thanks for the response, Jeff! Any recommendation on the multimeter resistance setting? I have one that has a ton of settings on the dial.....the 20k setting? I am a newbie multimeter user.....definitely appreciate the information.

 

[jeff1]

Thermistors can be any where from 5,000-55,000 ohms at room temp....Rx1000 would do.

jeff.