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Thread Number: 40662
70s Maytag dryer |
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Post# 601542 , Reply# 1 6/6/2012 at 16:55 (4,341 days old) by appliguy  (Oakton Va.) |
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Did you check the circuit breaker Dawnie?
A 220/240 volt circuit breaker is usually 2 110 volt switches that sometimes are connected together by a bar across the two switches so they act as one switch. Occasionally you will find a 220 volt circuit breaker where the two switches are NOT connected together. In a case like that the one that provides the current to the heating elements in the dryer may have tripped where as the one that controls the main motor, timer motor and drum light (if you dryer has one) may not have tripped and that would explain why your dryer still runs but does not heat. Check that first. If that is the case than you have to ask what caused the heating element to trip the circuit in the first place and go from there......PATRICK COFFEY
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Post# 601564 , Reply# 2 6/6/2012 at 17:46 (4,341 days old) by goatfarmer (South Bend, home of Champions) |
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Post# 602228 , Reply# 3 6/9/2012 at 19:41 (4,338 days old) by washerlover (The Big Island, Hawai’i) |
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Post# 602241 , Reply# 4 6/9/2012 at 20:54 (4,337 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md) |
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1970s MT Dryer heating elements | ||
| Post# 603350 , Reply# 6 6/13/2012 at 16:02 (4,334 days old) by macboy91si (Frankfort, KY) | ||
Wiring As Goatfarmer said it could be wiring. These Maytags use brass terminals surrounded by ceramic that go through the heater can and the wires have eyelets that go over the terminal studs. These can over the years come lose and/or degrade and burn through. I just worked on a DE408 dryer, the same as yours that where the wire from the high-limit thermostat to the heater terminal burned through. The nut was not fully secured and it has been arcing for a while. the wire had disintegrated. A nice heavy gauge jumper wire and some ends and she was back on the road for less than $5 in parts. I charged $50 for the call altogether which was much cheaper than a new dryer and if you can do some basic electricals, even cheaper!
You can also purchase that jumper wire, the Whirlpool P/N is 304693. Below is a link from APP that has it.
Here is a pic of the wire from the 408 that "just stopped heating"...
CLICK HERE TO GO TO macboy91si's LINK 
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