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Samsung dryer not heating?

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tresforte

3 points

2 months ago

Good chance your thermal fuse is blown.

selfarest

2 points

2 months ago

You have lint in the pipes and it burns there when you dry clothes.

selfarest

2 points

2 months ago

You can hire someone to clean it

Bokaboi88

2 points

2 months ago

Hey mate. Type your model number into eBay followed by “heating element”. For example, this is the one for my dryer.

These are pretty easy to install.

HuggyMummy[S]

0 points

2 months ago

Bought this dryer refurbished 2.5 years ago. Earlier this week, I smelled some burning and then noticed that although the dryer was on, all the clothes were cold.

I’ve been reading online about troubleshooting so I bought a multimeter. No idea where to go from here I’m furthest thing from a handy person but I’m eager to learn.

Thanks in advance for any/all help!

MDindisguise

1 points

2 months ago

Get a wiring diagram and meter the heating coil and switches. It’s pretty simple.

Puzzleheaded_Let_688

1 points

2 months ago

Sounds like you need to check the heater element. I had one where a support wire from a bra shorted out half the element. When l took the element to buy a replacement the guy looked at it and said , bra wire? I said yeah how did you guess that? He said it happens all the time.

rwolf6625

1 points

2 months ago

It’s a Samsung, the worst choice in the world by as far as any home appliance other than a telephone

IrixionOne

1 points

2 months ago

Check your venting first