Kenmore Electric Dryer Not Heating Up

We also changed the heating element and it not the problem.

Kenmore electric dryer not heating up. Produced by scott the fix it guy with 20 years of repair e. In this video i show you how to fix a kenmore dryer that is not heating but still runs. Electric current flowing through the coil creates heat and the air being pulled through the chamber absorbs this heat. Another possible cause for a dryer not heating up could be attributed to a faulty thermal fuse.

We replaced the timer and it still does the same thing. How to open a dryer cabinet. If the heating element assembly does not have continuity replace it. If your dryer s fuse is blown you will have to replace it.

Open up your dryer s cabinet and locate its thermal fuse so that you can test it. Kenmore dryer doesn t heat up 20 dollar repair learn how to easily replace the thermal fuse. When running the dryer isn t heating up also. I have a kenmore 200 series dryer model number 110 62332511 and the dryer keeps running and timer doesn t move.

If your kenmore elite dryer runs but does not heat then there are a series of troubleshooting steps you can do yourself to repair your dryer. The element is a coil of heating wire enclosed in a metal chamber. Over time the heating element can burn out causing the dryer not to heat. Troubleshooting your dryer is the hardest part of the repair.

How to test a dryer s heating element with a multi meter. The problem could be a bad thermal fuse a thermistor or in my case the electric heating element. If the element is defective then it will not heat.