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Troubleshooting Procedures
! WARNING
To avoid risk of electrical shock, personal injury or death, disconnect power to unit before servicing, unless testing
requires power.
Will Not Run
Will not start or run:
• All wires are hooked up to their corresponding
terminals.
• Dryer is plugged in.
• Blown fuse or circuit breaker.
• Door switch functional...door closed. Check for
error code 3 (See Tech Sheet for code definition).
• Start/Pause switch functional.
• Control Board operational.
• Drive motor functional.
• Check motor capacitor.
Motor runs/ tumbler will not turn:
• Belt off or broken/damaged.
• Idler tension spring too weak or stretched.
• Idler pulley jammed or stuck.
Runs a few minutes and then stops:
• Lint buildup around drive motor.
• Low voltage present.
• Blower impeller blocked in blower
housing.
• Drive motor - start switch contacts stuck closed.
Blows fuses or trips circuit breaker:
• The amperage readings are at 240 volts. One line
will be 24 amps and the other line will be 21 amps.
The neutral line will be at 3 amps. If the above
amperages are present, then the house wiring,
fuse box or circuit breaker should be suspect.
• Shorted heating element to housing.
• Incorrect wiring or a wire shorting to ground.
• Drive motor winding shorting to ground.
Will Not Dry
Will not heat (motor runs):
• Open heating element.
• Hi-Limit trips easily or is open.
• Regulating thermostat trips easily or is open.
• Membrane switch open.
• Check Thermistor.
Improper drying/clothes wrinkled/ rough
texture/long dry time:
• Lint filter is not clean.
• Restriction in exhaust.
• Outside exhaust hood damper door stuck closed.
• Exhaust too long, too many elbows, flex ductwork
installed.
• Poor intake air available for the dryer.
• Incorrect tumbler speed. Tumbler belt slipping.
• Blower impeller bound; check for foreign material
in blower area.
• Customer overloading dryer.
• Check clothing labels for fabric content and cycle
selected.
• Clothes too wet due to insufficient spin out by
washer.
Will Not Shut Off
• Check Membrane Pad.
• Check Electronic Control Board.
Troubleshooting the electronic
control circuit:
• Check for miswiring of the electrical connector at
the electronic control board.
Noisy and/Or Vibration
•
Thumping
Check for loose tumbler baffle, rear
tumbler roller(s) worn or misaligned, out-of-round
tumbler or high weld seam on tumbler.
•
Ticking
Check for loose wire harness or object
caught in blower wheel area.
•
Scraping
Check for front or rear bulkhead felt seal
out of position or worn tumbler front bearings.
•
Roaring
Check for blower wheel rubbing on blowe
r
housing or bad motor bearings.
•
Popping or squealing sound
.
Check for a sticky
or frayed belt.
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