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Thread Number: 22380
How to do maintenance on a Frigemore dryer |
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| Post# 350345 5/20/2009 at 10:59 (5,452 days old) by lebron (Minnesota) | ||
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| Post# 350364 , Reply# 1 5/20/2009 at 12:27 (5,452 days old) by golittlesport (California) | ||
When dryers start taking longer and longer to dry, they probably need a good de-linting...and don't forget to clean the exhaust vent line, from where it connects to dryer to outdoors. I have a Frigidaire dryer and because the exhaust clogged up at the point where it exits the house, lint accumulated in the dryer behind the drum. With a dryer vent cleaning brush kit and a vacumm cleaner I got it cleared out and the dryer now works like new. I'm going to start checking the exhaust line annually. | ||
| Post# 350370 , Reply# 2 5/20/2009 at 12:58 (5,452 days old) by laundromat (Hilo, Hawaii) | ||
The back on these dryers does not come off.It is serviced from the front.You need to first remove the top to get access to the screws to remove the front.After removing the front,get a shop vac and suck up all the lint that may have deposited everywhere as well as any coins or other debres that may have been left in pockets of the clothes dried.Another thing that becomes a rutine issue is the little sensor bar just under the front of the lint filter frame.You can get your compact out (mine is from Max Factor!) to get a view of the silver,metal bar.Take some steel wool and brush the metal bars.What happens is fabric softner(dryer sheets especialy)has wax that builds up on the senser bar and causes them to be less sensitive to the "dryness"of the loads and causes the dryer to not sense the dryness you set on the dial.It will cause the dryer to take longer or shut off before the dryness level set is reached.I would try that before cleaning out the entire assembly.
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| Post# 350371 , Reply# 3 5/20/2009 at 13:00 (5,452 days old) by lebron (Minnesota) | ||
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Fixed | ||
| Post# 350405 , Reply# 4 5/20/2009 at 17:54 (5,452 days old) by toggleswitch2 () | ||
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So how did you fix it? | ||
| Post# 350477 , Reply# 6 5/21/2009 at 01:04 (5,452 days old) by lebron (Minnesota) | ||
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Toggle, I should have taken a picture. The moisture sensor is placed right below the air duct and filter, took this apart and lint was literally caked all along the sensor, so it wasn't doing its job very well. Also moved a large amount of lint/debris stuck in the main duct before the blower. The rest of the dryer was very clean. Auto dry works perfectly now
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| Post# 350519 , Reply# 7 5/21/2009 at 06:21 (5,451 days old) by toggleswitch2 () | ||
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Thanks! | ||
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