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F&P DEGX1 Repair |
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Post# 730901   1/27/2014 at 08:54 (3,712 days old) by DADoES (TX, U.S. of A.)   |   | |
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My DEGX1 SmartLoad dryer has been having a problem with throwing an airflow fault (element overheat thermostat triggering) when run on high temp. I've been working around by running low and medium. Last week I refurbed the matching Norgetag dryer to the Norgetag washer that I worked-over recently. Moved the Norgetag dryer in, F&P dryer out for examination. Here's the Norgetag. |
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Post# 730902 , Reply# 1   1/27/2014 at 08:55 (3,712 days old) by DADoES (TX, U.S. of A.)   |   | |
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Post# 730903 , Reply# 2   1/27/2014 at 08:58 (3,712 days old) by DADoES (TX, U.S. of A.)   |   | |
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Post# 730904 , Reply# 3   1/27/2014 at 08:59 (3,712 days old) by DADoES (TX, U.S. of A.)   |   | |
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Post# 730906 , Reply# 4   1/27/2014 at 09:05 (3,712 days old) by DADoES (TX, U.S. of A.)   |   | |
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Post# 730908 , Reply# 5   1/27/2014 at 09:11 (3,712 days old) by DADoES (TX, U.S. of A.)   |   | |
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Drum door grabber assembly (the lid of the machine is behind it on the bench). A small motor in the left-side bracket tilts the panel forward or back to grab or release the sliding drum door. The tab at the left side of the panel is to manually open the drum door in case of a malfunction or power failure. Open the lid, pull the tab forward to tilt the panel and manually roll the drum backward until the drum door comes around and is caught by the panel. |
Post# 730910 , Reply# 6   1/27/2014 at 09:13 (3,712 days old) by DADoES (TX, U.S. of A.)   |   | |
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Post# 730911 , Reply# 7   1/27/2014 at 09:14 (3,712 days old) by DADoES (TX, U.S. of A.)   |   | |
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Post# 730913 , Reply# 8   1/27/2014 at 09:19 (3,712 days old) by DADoES (TX, U.S. of A.)   |   | |
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Post# 730914 , Reply# 9   1/27/2014 at 09:21 (3,712 days old) by DADoES (TX, U.S. of A.)   |   | |
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Post# 730915 , Reply# 10   1/27/2014 at 09:23 (3,712 days old) by DADoES (TX, U.S. of A.)   |   | |
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Post# 730916 , Reply# 11   1/27/2014 at 09:25 (3,712 days old) by DADoES (TX, U.S. of A.)   |   | |
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Post# 730918 , Reply# 12   1/27/2014 at 09:27 (3,712 days old) by DADoES (TX, U.S. of A.)   |   | |
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Post# 730922 , Reply# 14   1/27/2014 at 09:32 (3,712 days old) by DADoES (TX, U.S. of A.)   |   | |
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Post# 730923 , Reply# 15   1/27/2014 at 09:36 (3,712 days old) by DADoES (TX, U.S. of A.)   |   | |
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Post# 731159 , Reply# 16   1/28/2014 at 05:21 (3,712 days old) by Frigilux (The Minnesota Prairie)   |   | |
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Post# 731172 , Reply# 17   1/28/2014 at 07:07 (3,711 days old) by chestermikeuk (Rainhill *Home of the RailwayTrials* Merseyside,UK)   |   | |
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Post# 731177 , Reply# 18   1/28/2014 at 07:36 (3,711 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!)   |   | |
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Post# 731216 , Reply# 19   1/28/2014 at 10:21 (3,711 days old) by Pulsator (Saint Joseph, MI)   |   | |
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Post# 731316 , Reply# 20   1/28/2014 at 17:52 (3,711 days old) by DADoES (TX, U.S. of A.)   |   | |
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Yes, this is the first time for "full" disassembly. F&P no longer offers the topload dryer models. The newest two units are frontloaders and look to be based on a GE model that has a reversing drum, with some F&P tweaks. Surprised at the lint clog ... yes, and no. No: I figured there was a clog somewhere contributing to the airflow fault, and it's comparable to what I've seen on all the dryers I've refurbed. Nothing of note in the tube leading to the blower, the blower was clean, and there was just a light dusting inside the cabinet. Yes: The fine-mesh filter and self-scraping design is intended to catch more lint than the typical dryer filter and keep the exhaust ducting cleaner. There is an inherent flaw in the design in that bits of stray hard debris in the clothes can cause small tears in the rotating filter screen, which allows lint to pass through. 1 = 3.6KW element 2 = 1.4KW element 3 = high-airflow control thermostat (forward drum direction) 4 = low-airflow control thermostat (reverse drum direction) 5 = manual-reset safety thermostat The control thermostats limit the maximum air input temp to 158°F. |
Post# 731318 , Reply# 21   1/28/2014 at 17:54 (3,711 days old) by DADoES (TX, U.S. of A.)   |   | |
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Post# 736583 , Reply# 22   2/20/2014 at 17:04 (3,688 days old) by DADoES (TX, U.S. of A.)   |   | |
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Finished the dryer repair today. I wanted to replace the drum bearing while I had it disassembled ... as preventive maintenance, not because there was a problem with it. The replacement bearing kit (this is the old bearing) includes all these parts (not the Allen wrench) -- shaft, bearing & housing, bearing retainer & mounting screws, bearing cover cap & thrust washer & screw. I couldn't get the cover cap screw loose. It's not supposed to be very tight and my machine has not previously been disassembled, so somebody at the factory may have been having a bad day (LOL) or being in the incoming heat stream has had an effect. Note the twisted Allen wrench. The bearing shaft eventually loosened from its mounting bolt in the side panel behind the drum instead of the cap screw unscrewing. Unfortunately the shaft won't pass through the bearing so I had to pull the side panel to get at the shaft. |
Post# 736588 , Reply# 23   2/20/2014 at 17:08 (3,688 days old) by DADoES (TX, U.S. of A.)   |   | |
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Post# 736592 , Reply# 26   2/20/2014 at 17:16 (3,688 days old) by DADoES (TX, U.S. of A.)   |   | |
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Post# 736594 , Reply# 27   2/20/2014 at 17:23 (3,688 days old) by DADoES (TX, U.S. of A.)   |   | |
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Side of the drum that mounts to the outflow duct, showing the dimples and the filter ring attached. The gap in the dimples is a reference point so the controller can determine where is the drum door. The filter rotates with the drum and air is pulled through it. A lint scraper piece is positioned approx 1/8" from the filter surface and continually scrapes off the accumulated lint which drops into a collection bucket. |
Post# 736595 , Reply# 28   2/20/2014 at 17:24 (3,688 days old) by DADoES (TX, U.S. of A.)   |   | |
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Post# 736596 , Reply# 29   2/20/2014 at 17:26 (3,688 days old) by DADoES (TX, U.S. of A.)   |   | |
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Post# 736600 , Reply# 31   2/20/2014 at 17:35 (3,688 days old) by DADoES (TX, U.S. of A.)   |   | |
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Post# 736601 , Reply# 32   2/20/2014 at 17:36 (3,688 days old) by DADoES (TX, U.S. of A.)   |   | |
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Post# 736615 , Reply# 33   2/20/2014 at 18:31 (3,688 days old) by washman (o)   |   | |
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But all that plastic in the F&P dryer does not give me any warm and fuzzies as to how well it holds up over time. |
Post# 736638 , Reply# 34   2/20/2014 at 19:41 (3,688 days old) by mitch (Atlanta)   |   | |
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I have wondered about the ins and outs of these! Thank you so much for posting! Hope she performs well for you! |
Post# 736752 , Reply# 35   2/21/2014 at 06:32 (3,687 days old) by DADoES (TX, U.S. of A.)   |   | |
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washman said: But all that plastic in the F&P dryer does not give me any warm and fuzzies as to how well it holds up over time.Yeah, I suppose tossing it to the curb would have been more responsible ... no disrespect to you either, you tossed your GE dryer, right? ... but I like to fix things. The bearing didn't need replacement, it had no appreciable wear. BTW, I have an F&P washer, also built with lots of plastic, that's coming up on 15 years old and none of the plastic parts have yet failed. The tops and lids are plastic, which doesn't rust. Oh ... strike that, the control panel overlay is crackled on the Start/Pause button but that doesn't prevent it from working. My sister and bro-in-law are using the washer now (the grandmother had it since 2004, she died Christmas day), be interesting to see how much longer it goes. This post was last edited 02/21/2014 at 06:49 |
Post# 738592 , Reply# 36   3/1/2014 at 19:44 (3,679 days old) by DADoES (TX, U.S. of A.)   |   | |
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