Appliance Repair Technician with customer fixing dryer.
My Dryer Has No Heat?
If the heating elements are working, the other usual cause of Whirlpool dryers that do not heat up is a thermal fuse. If your dryer is not warming up at all, most likely because there is something wrong with your heating element or the thermal fuse, which should be tested using a multimeter and replaced if found to be defective. In many cases, if your dryer is not warming up, it is because a fuse has gone off on the heater, or a thermal overload has been cut. If the heater fuse is good and your thermometer checks good, chances are that the reason for no heat to your otherwise-working dryer is a defective heating coil.
If your dryer is working just fine, but is producing zero heat, this can be quite an unpleasant problem. If your dryer is not capable of sensing the correct temperature, then it might not be heating up enough to keep you from starting a fire. A malfunctioning timer (on mechanical-based models) seems to have very little to do with the fact your dryer is not producing heat. If your dryer uses a mechanical timer, then it is possible that the malfunctioning timer is the reason the gas dryer is not heating up.
For an electric dryer, if one of the electrical lines is damaged or defective, you may find that your dryer is spinning, but is not heating. Electric dryers use two breakers, one for electricity and one for heat, so it is important to test both breakers in the electric grid. Sometimes the one for heat trips, meaning the electric dryer is running, but it is not warming up. If your dryer is electrical, meaning that it uses electricity rather than a flame for heating, the first step is to make sure that the breakers to your dryers electric circuit are completely plugged in.
Sometimes, only one half of a double-breaker switch is on, or has failed, potentially leaving you with just enough electricity to run the dryer, but not enough for it to generate heat. It is not unusual for just one of your breakers or fuses to go off, resulting in your dryer being able to spin, but not to heat. With an electric clothes dryer, a lack of heat usually means the circuit breaker or fuse controlling power has gone off; reset or replace it.
To get heat back, you will have to replace the fuse located near the exhaust ducts in the dryer. With either of the above removed, find your heat fuse, typically located in your blower housing or at your dryers heat source, and replace your thermal fuse. With the power (and gas, if applicable) disconnected, like always, remove the back panel on your dryer to get at the faulty heating element and its coils.
Once you have your replacement heating element, disconnect the dryer, remove the rear panel, pull out the wires, and install your new one. If both your heat fuse and the heating element are showing continuity, then it is time to call a professional to repair your electric dryer.
I have an electric Whirlpool dryer that is not getting heat, I replaced the thermal fuse, the heating element, and a part that goes in the heating element, but still no heat. To prevent fires, most dryers come with a thermal fuse, which is a heat-sensitive fuse that breaks off power flow to the drive motor if the machine gets too hot. If your dryer also has a high-limit thermostat, that piece will also cut off power to the dryers heating elements if it gets too hot, too, in order to keep a fire from starting.
Your dryers cycling thermostat controls temperature within the blower casing, as well as cycling the dryers heating elements on and off to help keep temperatures right. If your dryers cycling thermostat becomes faulty, your heating element can remain on for too long, creating unsafe temperatures within the dryers wringer.
If your screen becomes dirty, the dryer usually still runs hot air, but your clothes might come out wet, even after the cycle is complete. If your dryer, its screen, and the inside are clean from lint or other snags, but still runs, yet cannot heat up your clothes enough to dry them, you might have broken the heat fuse. If your dryer is still taking too long to dry clothes, remove the lint filter and check the interior for any internal clogs with a flashlight. For a dryer that is producing heat, but not enough – or is turning off because it is getting too hot – check and clean the lint trap first to ensure that it is not clogged with lint.
I cleaned out lint all over my dryer and the exhaust, but once I hooked up my exhaust, the dryer would warm up, and then it would turn off about 10-15 seconds later. Same thing as above, I have a power-driven dryer that heats for a minute, then shuts off after one minute, the whole time through the cycle. If your dryers air vent is blocked, your dryer will have trouble heating up and might turn off before you finish a cycle. With a gas-powered dryer, if you think that someone might have turned off the gas, check the gas valve behind the dryer to be sure that it is turned on, as well as making sure that your homes main gas valve is turned on.
After confirming the circuit breakers are not blowing or that your heating elements coils are not broken, it is time to check the dryers fuses and thermostat. We have a Kenmore Electric Dryer, it is spinning just fine, but it is not getting any heat. We changed the breakers (things that are located in the box in the basement), the dryers heating elements, and these may be looking for fuse(s), but it is still not getting any heat. I replaced the heating element, thermostat, and heat fuse at once, was able to get 2 loads of small loads before a gas whirlpool dryer..it stopped heat again.
If you have checked everything you know how to check and still are having problems and need clothes dryer repairs in Oklahoma City contact Appliance Repair OKC Services by calling 405-378-4566 or by visiting our website at https://www.okcappliance.com or by visiting our Google business page at https://cutt.ly/YEnc8qk. Stop going to your relative’s house or a laundromat to dry clothes by calling for service now!