Dryer quit heating

[eradicator]

Buy new dryer. It will end up being same price regardless of what you have to fix unless you do yourself. Even then it's 50/50 these days.

[Razorback01]

I guess you should check to be sure that you have 230 volts at the outlet first.

This, as I recall, one leg runs the dryer, one leg runs the heat strip.

[StrayDog]

had the same thing happen a couple years ago. I'm embraced to admit the issue, after changing out multiple parts, was the breaker. Older house where the 230 circuits were two separate breakers not connected. So I was only getting 110 to the dryer. It would run but not heat.

Yeap - check to see your getting 110VAC to each leg and 220VAC across both legs. Also check to see if your receptical is good. I once had one that went bad where I wasn’t getting good contact with the plug. Using a volt meter it seemed good but when I tested at the terminal points on the dryer side of the plug I only had 110VAC.

[texan16]

Heating coil was bad. Thanks for the help fellas

[Nate Riley]

Heating coil was bad. Thanks for the help fellas

Out of curiosity, what did that cost you to replace?

[No-Tox]

Does your dryer have a red reset button that is inside of the back panel, outside of the heating coil? My dryer has tripped it twice and if it wasn't for my wife the first time, I wouldn't have ever figured out what the issue was before trying to replace parts. She googled up the make and "not heating" to see that there is a reset button. Took the back panel off, which has 40 darn screws and pushed it in. Working just like new each time. Lent buildup was the probably cause of it tripping.

[Billy Bad Bass]

Google is your friend. I discovered a few weeks ago that if you search the model and the problem you can find a wealth of information and trouble shooting tips. I followed the troubleshooting suggested and fixed my dryer quickly.

[texan16]

Out of curiosity, what did that cost you to replace?

Dont know yet, will be calling appliance repair shops this morning to try to find one. I am guessing it will be $60-70 (hopefully less). I have a bad feeling its gonna be tough to find one around this area and may have to try to find one online.

[texan16]

Out of curiosity, what did that cost you to replace?

$75 for a new element. Will stick it on when I get home from work this afternoon.