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Post# 856077   12/10/2015 at 23:13 (3,030 days old) by Brad845 ()        

So I have been using my LG Tromm for about 2 years now. I have checked the duct, exhausted properly. I have Googled and found these dryers just don't seem to last anyway, I recently the matching washer to go with so I'm hoping I can fix it.

I can set the dryer to any type of setting, I have tried every combination and it just wont stay on, it has its moments where it works just fine and others not. I can turn it on and it runs for maybe 4 minutes, 8 minutes, 30 minutes, etc. When it kicks off the drying light blinks and the timer counts down. The elements seem fine, its heating well. Just doesn't stay on long enough to dry anything. If you have any ideas or experience please let me know what may be wrong!





Post# 856080 , Reply# 1   12/10/2015 at 23:23 (3,030 days old) by laundromat (Hilo, Hawaii)        

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If you use dryer sheets,they leave a wax ,soap like residue on the sensor bar. Take a steel wool pad and buff it on the bar. Then,take a damp bath towel and set the dryness on normal. It should do fine. If not, that may need replacement.

Post# 856081 , Reply# 2   12/10/2015 at 23:25 (3,030 days old) by ea56 (Cotati, Calif.)        

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If the dryer is stopping before the load is dry and you are using an auto dry cycle (i.e. sensor dry) the moister sensors may be coated with fabric softener residue. Try wiping them off with a cloth and rubbing alcohol. Be sure the sensor surface is dry before you try to use the dryer. If this doesn't work try using the timed dry setting.

Post# 856083 , Reply# 3   12/10/2015 at 23:54 (3,030 days old) by Brad845 ()        

I thought about this also. I did use fabric sheets for a couple months, and timed dry doesn't seem to bypass it either. I looked for the moisture sensor bars but I didn't find them (next to the lint filter?) there is some type of sensor in the middle of the lint filter that has 2 prongs on top of it, or is the moisture bars located elsewhere?

Post# 856137 , Reply# 4   12/11/2015 at 10:54 (3,029 days old) by Yogitunes (New Jersey)        

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an odd thing to always check, or do as a first resort......

unplug the unit, wait a few minutes and plug back in....a lot of times, it resets the unit.....they have been cases, like with the Calypso, you have to unplug for a few days to get rid of the static charge build up.....


not that this may exactly fix your issue, but its a simple thing to try, and keep in the back of your head....for some things, it works


Post# 856160 , Reply# 5   12/11/2015 at 15:17 (3,029 days old) by LaVidaBoem ()        
And one other test...

Hello,

Do as Mr. Miagi and others suggested...

 

If no better, slide the old girl out about a foot, disconnect the dryer vent hose @ the dryer...run a load of heavy wet towels on timed and auto...Any Difference??

 

If that does not do it,...load the drum with about 12 pounds of gun powder, throw in a box of wooden kitchen matches, and set outside, and run on hottest setting.

 

After you sweep up all the pieces, go to Craigslist, and buy a $100 dollar Kenmore/Whirlpool 29 incher...

 

For the next 20 or so years, trouble free!

Life is too short for them damn LowGrades to cause 1 ounce of worry.

surprised

Good Luck,

LaVidaBoem


Post# 856185 , Reply# 6   12/11/2015 at 18:55 (3,029 days old) by Supersurgilator (Indiana)        

Honestly to me it sounds as though the motor maybe going on on thermal overload. I saw a vid once on this a dryer randomly stopping thruoughout the cycle and that was exactly what it was.

Post# 856189 , Reply# 7   12/11/2015 at 19:16 (3,029 days old) by Brad845 ()        

LaVidaBoem .. Yes I have almost put it out in the front yard.. I disconnected the duct, still does the samething.

My father has a whirlpool to give me.

Supersurgilator possibly yes.

Yogitunes yes I also did that.

So I'm probably down to the moisture sensor or motor.

Thanks yall I'll either take it apart or bring in the whirlpool.


Post# 856487 , Reply# 8   12/13/2015 at 18:44 (3,027 days old) by Brad845 ()        

Back to the Kenmore set .. Meanwhile dad is going to work on the LG.

Thanks everyone.


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Post# 856545 , Reply# 9   12/14/2015 at 09:33 (3,026 days old) by LaVidaBoem ()        
Brad, that is a Nice Set

Although not the prettiest girl at the dance, its nice to walk by those, and know, with a single knob, and 1 push button...Simplistic Dependability.

 

Good Luck,

LaVidaBoem


Post# 856611 , Reply# 10   12/14/2015 at 19:40 (3,026 days old) by Supersurgilator (Indiana)        

is that a Kenmore 400 series? Does it still do a deep rinse or had they already changed to the partial fill rinse by that time?

Post# 856899 , Reply# 11   12/16/2015 at 10:40 (3,024 days old) by Brad845 ()        

LaVidaBoem, you do have a good point! My duct is in the floor & the Kenmore doesn't give me an option for that so it sits a little out in the floor. I have a Kenmore 80 series fridge, it came with my parents house that they bought 21 years ago.

Supersurgilator, it is the 400 .. And no it doesn't have that option.


Post# 856900 , Reply# 12   12/16/2015 at 10:45 (3,024 days old) by LaVidaBoem ()        
That's What we Like to Hear...

Thanks for the kind words, and one more "Thang"...

 

As I am sure you are aware, keep those coils clean on the 'fridge, and she'll go another 20 years.

 

Glad to see another Happy Kenmore/Whirlpool Customer,

Eddy


Post# 856907 , Reply# 13   12/16/2015 at 11:31 (3,024 days old) by Brad845 ()        

Sorry 20 series fridge**

Post# 857058 , Reply# 14   12/17/2015 at 09:36 (3,023 days old) by Brad845 ()        

Eddy, its very funny you say that .. When my father gave me the fridge he gave me a vacuum attachment to clean it .. Said I should do it every 6 months .. He does secret inspections some times! Hes hard on me, but hes just trying to teach me to care. My car was 4 quarts low of oil once, he beat me with the dip stick! Lol that was my 18th birthday present!

Post# 857148 , Reply# 15   12/17/2015 at 16:43 (3,023 days old) by LaVidaBoem ()        
As the World Turns,

Father Knows Bestcool

 

I suppose if you don't have any physical or mental problems from it...its the best medicine sometimes...

 

Mine is 84 now...he still cracks the Whip!

 

LaVidaBoem



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