So my Samsung dryer has stopped heating (again). I've tested the element (good) and replaced all 4 sensors (two on the element housing and two on the exhaust area). No love.
It powers up and spins fine, just no heat is generated. So what do I test look at? Is it just time for a new (not Samsung) dryer?
If we have an appliance tech here who has a few minutes to talk me through something I'm missing I'm at 8five9-6ninenine 8three4three. Thanks
We had a "load mizer" on the circuit that fed our dryer, which was shared with the AC. When the two would turn on at the same time it tripped this device and the dryer would spin and blow, but not heat, at it was only getting 120V. Re-setting the breaker would re-set the device and it would work properly again. Maybe something like that is going on here?
Maybe have a look at the circuit board too, when my oven stopped working the board was obviously fried. There's probably also a relay in there somewhere, that could be gone.
I used to have a Samsung dishwasher. I had to pull it out and take it apart every month or two once it got to a year old. Never again with Samsung.
There are a couple appliance repair pros here.
*Not an appliance tech, just an electronics tech
If it's not heating then power is not getting to the element. Either there is a blown fuse/component, power is too low and you need to look at other appliances/breakers, or one of the "smart" features is stopping it from heating (possibly a "safety" thing)
Well, that was interesting. I looked up circuit boards for it and they were expensive (as I mentioned). Look at marketplace this morning and found a lightly used whirlpool dryer for $200 so I grabbed it and hooked it up......to find that it didn't power on at all. A bit more sleuthing with the multi-meter and I found I was only getting power on one leg of the three wire cord. And only getting power on one side of the outlet. But the wires in the outlet were hot so a trip to HD for a new plug netted me a functional dryer. Put my Samsung back (works perfectly again of course) and I guess I'll put the whirlpool back on marketplace.
Learn something new every day.
You would have paid more than $200 for a class that would teach you what you just learned, I guess.
In reply to Streetwiseguy :
It just got dumber. My house is old and has fuses. The fuse block for the dryer is a big piece with copper blades.
After the initial blush of being fine the dryer shut off and stayed off. Checking the outlet again showed 120V on one leg and 26V(!) on the other. Pulled the fuse block and noted some black crustyness on the blades so I Emory clothed them clean and reinserted them......back to full power on both legs again. I swear I just replaced a perfectly good outlet because of a crusty fuse.
FML
In reply to KyAllroad (Jeremy) (Forum Supporter) :
Isn't DIY fun sometimes.
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