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I used to skip the clamp meter on dryers until a guy in Tulsa set me straight
For years I would just pop the back off a dryer, eyeball the heating element, and swap parts until it worked. Waste of time and money right? Last month I was stuck on a Kenmore that kept blowing thermal fuses and I could not figure out why. An old timer at the supply house in Tulsa overheard me complaining and asked if I had checked the amp draw on the whole cycle. I said no, I just replace fuses. He shook his head and said "you are guessing, not fixing." That hit me hard because he was right. I bought a $60 clamp meter the next day and within 10 minutes I found the real problem, a grounded element pulling way more amps than it should. Now I clamp every dryer before I touch anything and I have cut my callback rate way down. Anybody else out there still skipping the meter or is it just me?
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