You will need to change fuel orifice and possibly adjust air intake valve. Recommended to have a pro do it but if you can find original instructions, they should have step by step instructions. Also there should be an orifice kit with instructions or taped to drier housing in the back. Depending on how old the unit is and how many times it has been used the orifice may be lost.
SOURCE: natural gas to propane
the pilot and/or burner orfices need to be changed.depending on your model the gas valve may also need to be converted.
SOURCE: my gas whirlpool dryer has been converted to
dissasemble the old ones for the new ones.
turn gas off first, and the ignitor, power off.
Vitally
SOURCE: convert propane dryer to natual gas
You need the NAT gas orifice and the stem under the cap on the burner needs flipped over
SOURCE: Convert Whirlpool dryer from propane to gas
I have a whirlpool dryer as propane and needed it converted to gas. I have the orifce -gas kit which consist of two parts. Which part do I use? Is it the one which screws in and mist hole is on the other end, or the other one it comes with that has the mist hole on the other side.
The one i placed was the later ( one with mist hole on the side)
SOURCE: I have a Whirlpool Heavy Duty Dryer Model
it is electric.
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