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Had to replace the breaker. Now the dryer runs but will not heat up. Have had the element and other parts with wires connected checked with ohm meter. All are checking good. Can't find any information on the timer or the start switch which was suggested could be the problem. I also can't find any parts with those descriptions for this dryer.
There is n power to my whirlpool cabrio dryer, I replaced the 30 amp breaker but still no power!There is n power to my whirlpool cabrio dryer, I replaced the 30 amp breaker but still no power!
AnonymousMar 21, 2014
what do I check power is okwhat do I check power is ok
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First off - make sure the dryer is unplugged from the electrical outlet before proceeding. There is enough current available through that plug that you can injure yourself badly, or kill yourself. No short cuts on this!
It may cause seasickness, but this video covers getting the back off. At that point, the dryer looks pretty much like ones that are 30 years old (like mine). Whirlpool cabrio dryer repair If you look at around 1:44 or 1:45 (having turned head or monitor to make picture with ceiling 'up', you'll see a flat silver metal assembly at lower right. That's the heater assembly.
Actually, this step by step has much better still pictures: Whirlpool Cabrio Dryer Not Heating . the heater unit is long silver assembly on right. Don't know if you have a gas or electric. If it's gas, I'm going to recuse myself, since my experience only extends to electric. it'll have two spade clip connections at one end that feed through the heating element. You' unclip them. Then you remove the screws holding the unit in. Mine have some ones you may want a narrow shaft, magnetic head driver for - lots of small hex-head screws are likely.
Before you to too far - if you're replacing the element for lack of heat, make sure the breaker/fuses aren't blown - the first video covers some of that. Also make sure that there isn't a huge forest of dust bunnies clogged into the coils. If so, use a crevice tool on a vacuum cleaner, and/or a long thin brush, or canned compressed air, to blow the dust off the coils. ( be careful not to get a snoot-full if blowing with compressed air - laundry rooms are always full of dust and lint, and the filter is in the outlet path, not the inlet path, so all that air that gets heated goes past those wire coils. If you took a lot of dust off, and/or had to reset or replace breakers/fuses, give the current dryer another try before swapping parts. The heater coil is a pretty simple mechanism and shouldn't be prone to failure unless it was profoundly clogged with dust that kept it from getting new aire running past it to cool it / transfer heat.
Your electric dryer uses110vac to run the motor which makes the drum turn. It uses 220vac to run the heating elements. I'll assume you had a qualified electrician add the new outlet. If not, I'm betting whoever did the install used the same electrical phase for both 110 sides of the plug. You can't use an electrical tester to test this as both sides will read the same. Manually trip the breaker (should be a double breaker) and then check the outlet. The wiring to the hot leads should be black on one phase and red on the other.
Let me know what you find out
Check the fuse box, it should be running on a double breaker. If only one side is tripped it will runn with no heat. If thats not it your heating element could be bad go to marcone.com to order a new one
If you are comfortable useing a volt meter and a ohm meter I can walk you throught the steps otherwise you need to call a repairman, If you are not getting any heat and the tumbler is turning it is possible the element is bad again only a test meter can tell for sure or you can take the dryer apart and look at the element to see if it is broken make sure the power is turned off at the breaker first also unplug the dryer.
There is n power to my whirlpool cabrio dryer, I replaced the 30 amp breaker but still no power!
what do I check power is ok
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