Expert: Carl Goodwin - 9/18/2006

Question
Carl,
Looks like all wireing is ok and the light comes on when you open the door.What should I do now?
Thank you,Sid
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Followup To

Question -
I gave my old sears electric dryer to a family member,it was working just fine the last time I used it,six months ago,covered it up with a tarp in the garage until yesterday and loaded in pickup and delivered it to family member. We installed new electric cord,pushed start button and nothing happened.Opened door and light comes on ok.Pushed that switch in by hand and start switch at the same time and still nothing.What is going on as it worked great before I moved it.I also checked all wireing inside unit around motor and heater to see if anything came loose,all ok.Please help as I feel reaily bad about giving something broke to anybody.Thank you very much,Sid

Answer -
Sid,
I am leaning toward a problem with the new wiring. Is the breaker the correct breaker? It must be a double 30 amp. The new outlet is wired so that the red and black wires go to the outer blades on the outlet, and the white goes to the middle (but not the ground terminal - that is the bare copper wire). Make sure that the outlet is wired properly first, and if so, then I will go further if you let me know. I hope this helps! :)

Answer
Sid,
Unplug the dryer. Remove the back panel. On the blower tunnel, there should be a little white plastic thing, with 2 wires coming from it. That is the thermal fuse. Check for continuity - if nothing, then replace. Check the hi-limit t-stats on the heater box if the thermal fuse is ok. Check for continuity in the start switch. Make sure the door switch & connectors are ok. Failing all that, follow the wiring diagram, and eliminate everything in the circuit. First though, have somebody push the start switch , with the dryer plugged in, and see if there is 120V at the motor terminals (as per wiring diagram). If not, then the problem is NOT with the motor. If YES, the replace the motor. I can't help anymore unless I saw the machine. Good luck! :)