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Thread Number: 88836
/ Tag: Vintage Dryers
Repair advice for 1957 Kenmore Dryer Heating Element |
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| Post# 1134185 , Reply# 1 11/21/2021 at 22:02 (883 days old) by leetintary (Forest Grove, Oregon) | ||
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What about removing one of the strings? The other possibility I'm considering is to remove the lower string (spring) and just snip one of the two wires, leaving the top string with a single contact on each side. | ||
Post# 1134198 , Reply# 3 11/22/2021 at 06:05 (882 days old) by combo52  (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md) |
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Heating Element Problems The element you got is the Wrong Element for your dryer. [ disregard post #2 there is no correct information there pertaining to your dryers need for a replacement element ]
The element you got is either designed for a 1962-3 Kenmore soft-heat dryer or is an 8200 watt element for 1955-60 Hi-Speed dryers that need a 50 amp circuit to operate. [ with a part # I could tell which one you got ]
You can modify it to work by cutting out the shorter thiner element and just hooking the two wires from you dryer to the two posts with the heavier element and it will work fine if you don't want to return it.
John L. | ||
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Post# 1134218 , Reply# 4 11/22/2021 at 12:13 (882 days old) by bradfordwhite (central U.S.) |
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John L
You really need to work on interpersonal skills:
"[ disregard post #2 there is no correct information there pertaining to your dryers need for a replacement element ]" is blatantly rude, and makes you look bad, which discounts your advice EXTREMELY. Henene4 is at least trying to help and bothered to make a post. Supposedly you are trying to help as well. Whether he is correct or partially correct or if you are correct or not, is for the author and other readers to decide. You seem to be "experienced" which we all can appreciate, but often it's difficult to "hear" you given your attitude toward others on numerous occasions. | ||
| Post# 1134465 , Reply# 5 11/24/2021 at 22:21 (880 days old) by sprog (Boston) | ||
Swing and a miss 
Sorry Bradfordwhite,
I entirely disagree with your post. John L. is 100% correct. When dealing with electricity, this is not subject to being "partially correct". Although well-intentioned, if a post is wrong, or unclear, we need to know. I appreciate John's candor and willingness to render correct information. Also, if there is a hack or workaround, John has many times acknowledged these situations. John, keep the facts flowing! | ||
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Post# 1134469 , Reply# 6 11/24/2021 at 23:40 (880 days old) by bradfordwhite (central U.S.) |
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Yes SPROG
You have SWUNG and MISSED.
Attempting to twist a conversation to make it seem like something it isn't. As was stated in my post to John L.; Interpersonal skills are an issue here and in other posts and NOT John L.'s skills as an appliance repair person as you are incorrectly asserting. In fact, I even went as far as to assume his positive skills and knowledge in my post. Whether the other poster or whether John L. is correct about the dryer heater issue is not the point here. If a person has something to add that is different than previous comments there is no need to do flat out character assassination on that other party. None of us are perfect when we comment. My comments are only meant to help John L. and I'm sure he knows that. Also, if you're hoping there is a magical appliance god who knows everything.... that know-it-all god doesn't exist. | ||
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Post# 1134623 , Reply# 8 11/26/2021 at 16:00 (878 days old) by goatfarmer (South Bend, home of Champions) |
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 .....and aaawwwaaayyy we go.....!
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Post# 1134631 , Reply# 10 11/26/2021 at 17:29 (878 days old) by bradfordwhite (central U.S.) |
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Keith you seem disappointed.
You've only been on the site for less than a year and perhaps it's news: Much like Facebook, Reddit, and other blog sites, no one here is a paid expert. We all are "participants" with varying levels of undocumented interest in appliances. We offer our Opinions and experiences. There is no obligation for anyone here to guarantee their opinions or even offer an opinion, advice, or knowledge. To do so would create a legal obligation on the part of the site owner and possibly those offering such opinions. For example, It's not unusual for a person to ask for advice and for that request to go unanswered. It's a social site for people with similar interests in appliances. We're grateful to Robert for offering the site and as such it's his playground. He has requested that we be respectful to each other AND do our best to use the proper forum for our subject matter. With that stated, you clicked on this, of the MANY, posts so it must have been of interest to you. Do you have personal advice or opinions to the author on how he could repair his 1957 Kenmore Dryer Heating Element? | ||
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Post# 1134641 , Reply# 11 11/26/2021 at 18:18 (878 days old) by goatfarmer (South Bend, home of Champions) |
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| Post# 1134655 , Reply# 13 11/26/2021 at 19:15 (878 days old) by Maytag85 (Sean A806) | ||
I usually post when there’s something interesting or if something catches my attention but otherwise I just keep to myself since I don’t feel like posting just to post and getting myself into a debacle.
I always double check and take photos of something before I take it apart so I have a reference when I put it back together. Earlier this year, I tried putting a water level switch on my ‘63 Whirlpool that came off of a junked 80’s Maytag washer and assumed it would be the same but when I went to try it out, the machine literally did nothing when it filled but spun perfectly fine and usually mis-wiring something can either fry something or pop the breaker or simply won’t work at all. | ||
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Post# 1135303 , Reply# 15 12/4/2021 at 20:19 (870 days old) by bradfordwhite (central U.S.) |
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I won't comment on whether your new install is correct.
As for the burning smell of a new heating element: yes, there is typically a burning smell if it hasn't been tested at the factory. As long as the heater is installed correctly and not touching anything that it might be burning, the smell is that of oils burning off. Sometimes it goes away after an hour, sometimes it takes much longer. For example when I've bought electric baseboard heaters they always stink at first. In fact the manufacture even mentions that in the installation instructions. Now, when I buy a baseboard heater by default I connect it to electric and set it OUTSIDE for a week, in an area protected from weather, and just let it run full time for a week to burn off the smell. Even after it's run for a week outside, where the smell can just blow away, when one brings it inside and uses it, it still smells for about a month but not as bad. Another good example is spilling butter on a typical electric cook top element. It will smell as it burns that off. You also have a 60 year old dryer with lint particles in the heater duct. Those have been disturbed and will burn off as the dryer gets re-acclimated. | ||
| Post# 1135340 , Reply# 16 12/5/2021 at 12:43 (869 days old) by leetintary (Forest Grove, Oregon) | ||
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Smell is going away A load of jeans is almost dry and the smell is going away. If I'm lucky, it will keep working a couple of more years. | ||
| Post# 1135360 , Reply# 17 12/5/2021 at 14:13 (869 days old) by Maytag85 (Sean A806) | ||
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I believe your Kenmore dryer may even have a second fan to help with the drying speed since that’s what they had in the early 50’s on the electric models with a 4500 watt heat output.
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