I am still working on my 1956 Westinghouse D-9 Dryer. I plugged it in for the first time yesterday and I found that the heat comes on when I turn the heat setting switch to "low" which is the 110v circuit but when I turn the switch to "regular" heat which is the 230v circuit the heat did not work. I pulled the heating elements out and found that the smaller nichrome wire that is connected to the 230v circuit is broken, thus the reason it was not heating. My question is does anyone know or have the part number for the correct replacement wire? I was looking up how to calculate what size/ resistance rating of nichrome wire I would need to replace it but the calculations seemed too complicated. There are plenty of replacement wires for Westinghouse dryers online but I don't know which part number I need for my dryer. Any help would be greatly appreciated!
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