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What to check in your Maytag
electric dryer when is not heating.
The terminal block is the first part to check if
your Maytag dryer is not heating. The heating
element requires 240 volts to get red hot. The
circuit has three lines L1, N, L2. If the fuse or
circuit breaker of L1 or L2 blows, the terminal
block won't have the 240 volts needed for the
heating element to work, and the dryer could run but
it will not heat.
Warning, this is a live test and you will need to
know how to check for voltage before attempting to
do so.
To get to the heating element you will need
disconnect the dryer from the wall outlet and then
remove the front panel. The heating element is
inside of a sheet metal tubular heater box. It is
held in place with ceramic insulators and it has two
terminals coming out of the heater box.
You could check the heating element using an ohms
meter. The reading should be between 10 & 30 ohms. A
broken heating element could the reason of your
Maytag electric dryer not heating.
The hi-limit thermostat is located on top of the
heater box, and its job is to open the circuit to
the heating element if the airflow to the dryer is
restricted for any reason.
The cycling thermostat is use to control the
temperature inside of the dryer. It is factory
preset at 155 degree, in other words it will open
the circuit to the heating element when the
temperature reaches 155 degrees.
This thermostat is opening and closing all the time
the dryer running. A bad cycling thermostat could be
the reason of your Maytag electric dryer not
heating.
The timer is the part that direct the electricity to
the other parts in the dryer. This part works very
hard and the contacts wear out and some times they
burn out. If the timer contacts won't close the
dryer will not heat.
The motor switch is another safety device that only
close the heating circuit when the motor is running.
When the motor is not running the circuit of the
heating element is open and the dryer will not heat.
A bad motor switch could be the cause for your
Maytag dryer not heating.
As you could see, there are a lot of parts inside of
the dryer that have to be in good working condition
for the dryer to produce heat. |
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