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Roper Dryer model# REX4635EW1 doesn't heat up?

Dryer does everything except heat up. I did the continuity check on the the thermal cutoff, hi limit thermostat , operating thermostat, and thermal fuse. They were all good. I did the ohm check on the heater element and was good but the metal plate between the coils looks burned. There are no burnt wires. Everything is getting power. What am i missing to check?

Update:

Breakers are fine and house wiring is good.

Update 2:

how do i go about checking the timer?

Update 3:

Found problem to be burnt and melted connection inside the timer between the red and black wire connection. Replaced and dryer works better than ever.

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  • Wired
    Lv 7
    1 decade ago
    Favorite Answer

    Some very good ideas here (including the input power)

    http://www.repairclinic.com/0088_8_1.asp#Level1_2

    Also check your circuit breakers. This should be two breakers ganged together, but maybe they aren't ganged and only one of them is tripped.

  • ?
    Lv 4
    5 years ago

    Gas or Electric? Did it heat any at all after moving? and did you move yourself or have professional moving company? If you had a professional mover, you need to have the dryer looked at by an appliance service company, just in case its related to damage during the move. Ok, possible causes... starting with the most obvious, with the little info youve given us.... Probably the first thing to check, is... is everything turned on? If this an electric dryer, it should be powered by a double throw circuit breaker (two breakers, usually 30 or 40 amps each, with the switches tied together) If this is a gas dryer, is the gas turned on? Is the dryer set to just 'flluff'? (a "no heat" option on many dryers) I know those sound like silly things to ask, but you'd be surprised how many times someone forgets to turn the gas on, heheheh. The dryer may have been dropped or bounced really hard, this could have done anything from break a printed circuit control board, to jar a wire loose. Since the dryer runs but simply does not heat, it will be somewhere along the thermostat/control for the heating element (if electric) to the ignitor assembly, if gas. The thermostat may have simply quit working, they do wear out. (Same for the heating element) If this is an electric dryer, run off of 220v, then you may have one wire that is not working properly...a voltmeter will diagnose this with just a quick check. (could be the house wiring, the outlet your dryer plugs into, or even the dryer cord itself) As an owner, the first thing I would do, is check the settings, then the power and/or gas supply to make sure those were on/open and working. Then, if I'd been moved by a moving company, I'd definitely call an appliance service company, for reasons of billing the mover's insurance if the dryer were damaged during the move. If the supply lines to the dryer are all working and on/open, then its going to be necessary to get into the back of the dryer to check it out, starting with the power cord, if this is an electric model, then trace the control on thru to the thermostat and heating element. If a gas model, then the safety valve on thru to the thermostat and ignitor. Good Luck

  • 1 decade ago

    did you disconnect the wires before you did your continuity check? It sure sounds like the thermal fuse to me i replaced one on my grandmother roper last year ,if it was the element the element wire would be burned in too somewhere. if you didn`t disconnect the wires ,you could be reading back through the circuit instead of through the fuse and thermostats.

    if it was the timer the drum wouldn`t turn,

  • 1 decade ago

    Check the connection in the outlet. I had the same problem and I couldnt figure it out. I called a repairmen and he replaed the 220v outlet.Been working grat now over 3 years.

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