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Thought fixing my dryer was a 20 minute job, it ate my whole Saturday
Our dryer stopped heating last weekend so I grabbed a $28 heating element off Amazon and figured I'd knock it out before lunch. Three hours later the whole machine was in pieces on the garage floor in Mesa, and the old element tested fine the whole time. Turned out a $6 thermal fuse had blown, which I only found after watching a random repair video twice and testing every wire with my multimeter. I used to swear replacing the element was the fix for no heat, but now I know to check the cheapest part first. Anyone else waste half a day on a repair that came down to one tiny part?
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fiona73717d ago
Wait, the old element tested fine the whole time? That would've sent me over the edge after pulling the whole machine apart. I did the exact same thing with my dishwasher last year, bought a new drain pump and it turned out to be a $4 check valve that was clogged with gunk. The worst part is the fuse is right there on the blower housing usually, so you're three hours deep and it was staring at you the whole time.
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