The dryer spins and blows only cold air. It quit heating in the middle of a load of laundry.
Could be the element, thermal overload, loss of one leg of the AC supply, a burned off wire or timer. Do you have fuses or circuit breakers? If you have breakers reset the breaker and see if the heat works. If you have fuses check each with an ohm meter. One leg of the 110VAC will run the motor but you need 220VAC to make the element heat. (that is if this is a 220VAC dryer).
SOURCE: Dryer suddenly does not produce hot air
have the exact same problem, just over 1 year old no heat! first off my duct work under my floor is like a snake and is not a straight shot out of the house. I beleive this caused a ristriction in the venting because dyer seemed to be running hotter them normal. I took the top off the dryer and pulled the vent tube out of the bottom of the dryer. To my surprise found a three inch layer of lint on the bottom of the machine and also on the heating coil. After cleaning out all the lint i took a volt meter to the two wires that come down to the heater. started the dryer and found i had 220volts at the heater indicating the heater is out, found one on ebay for about 50 bucks. will be installing this weekend and will let you know how it works.
SOURCE: the dryer is just over a year old and runs normal
Hi, If you have a gas dryer
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The most common problem with a gas and no heat is the ignitor going bad...
Here is a tip that I wrote about that problem...
Gas Dryer not Working Gas Dryer Not Heating
http://www.fixya.com/support/r4398592-gas_dryer_not_working_gas_dryer_not
If your dryer is electric..
There could be a number of different problems...
Check out this tip that I wrote about this problem...
Dryer Troubleshooting Electric Dryer won t Heat
http://www.fixya.com/support/r3866345-dryer_troubleshooting_electric_dryer_won
heatman101
SOURCE: dryer will only blow cold air
always use caution around electrical appliances
electric dryer-runs but will not heat
1.loose wiring--check terminals & wiring
2.defective thermostat--replace
3.defective centrifugal switch in motor--replace switch--check linkage in motor
4.defective timer--replace
5.open heater element--replace
gas dryer
1.faulty ignition or reset valve or thermocouple
2.thermostat
SOURCE: dryer heats up but takes
Hi,
If your dryer is not drying like it once did or if you just have nottaken the time to give yourself a clean dryer in a long time then youneed to do that. At least once a year the dryer cleaning should takeplace. Lint build up in the dryer duct is one of the main causesfor your dryer to fail.
Here is the rest of this tip about DryerMaintenance
heatman101
SOURCE: My samsung dryer is not
Hi,
If you are having problems with your gas dryer not heatingthe most common problem is that the ignitor goes bad. Even though it glowssometimes it is still not working properly.
if you dryer is gas check out this gas no heat tip....
If you have an electric dryer, you can have many differentthings that can go wrong causing the dryer not to heat.
check outthis electric no heat tip...
heatman101
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