Over the last couple of months, our dryer has completely stopped while running. We just determined that it has been stopping during cool down mode. No power, lights off, even the timer stops. The first time it happened, it came back to life within an hour. Last time it miraculously healed itself again, but this time it took three days. No telling how long it will take this time. Any idea what could be causing this?
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You may have a bad timer, that is turning off the electricity to the motor while the heater is still energized.
Long time ago, dryers had about 3 "automatic shut-off's" two on the heating element, and one on the motor.
Because of the lint that comes with drying clothes, fire is always a danger.
Today, the "thermostat shut-off's" are up to 5, 6, or 7 on some models!
Sounds like your dryer is getting hot enough to trip one of these. When the whole machine cools down, the thermostat resets, and the machine starts again.'
I had a dryer do the same thing. The problem with that one was nothing more than dust and lint in the motor, and all I had to do was vacuum out or blow out the motor about once or twice a year.
Be blessed
SOURCE: Maytag MED5700TQ Electric Dryer lost all power
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SOURCE: Maytag Neptune dryer timer won't stop
If the timer is not stopping as it goes around then it's for sure the timer. The timer does pretty much all the work with controlling the dryer. And if it's physically not stopping going around then it has broken.
SOURCE: Timer runs continuously - Does not stop at all
There should be a timer motor on the timer. That is most likely burnt out and will cause the timer to not shut down. Just replace the timer and that will solve the problem
Hi,
There can be many reasons why your dryer will not start or turn...
The most common causes are the belt breaking or jumping off, or the motor going bad...
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