Dryer Won't Heat Up?

jmi312012

My Whirlpool Cabrio Platinum dryer, model number WED8500BW0 is not drying. It won't heat up period. I can't afford to pay a repair man so I will be doing it myself. I've flipped the breaker, cleaned the lint trap, and that never helped. Can someone help me? I don't believe it's the heating element either. Any advice would be helpful.

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Judy
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June 8, 20170 found this helpful

It could be the thermal fuse. Have you tested the heating element yet?

jmi312012

June 9, 20170 found this helpful

It ended up being the plug from the house it was only putting out 110 so it was running but wouldn't turn the heating element on be u need 220 I check everything out everything ohm out so I knew it was something very simple from there

cybergrannie
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June 10, 20170 found this helpful

It is nice that you found your own answer but my question would be - do you have correct voltage available? This must be a new house/apartment or a "new" dryer if you are just finding out about this problem.

Here is information from Whirlpool site:
If your dryer is not heating, then you may have an incoming power problem. Electric dryers need two legs of 120 volts AC equaling 240 volts. It is not uncommon for only one fuse or breaker to trip resulting in the dryer able to run, but not heat. The fuse box or circuit breaker should be checked or voltage measured at the outlet using a multi-meter.
You are probably going to need an electrician to look at this problem.

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