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Very OT, sorry. Maytag dyer not heating

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Sorry for such an off topic question but this time of year hate to spend money on a service call. I have a newer Maytag dryer that i got from my grandmas estate this summer. The only problem is it does not heat at all. The drum spins tho. I have made sure both legs of the 220 are hot and not obvious wires off and the the heating element is nht visibly broken. Any suggestions what is a likely cause. i have the electrical schematics but don't know what to test. Maaybe this is beyond me but it would be great to figure it out myself. Thanks for any advice given.
 
With it open in the back, The heating element should have an end to end resistance of 8 to 15 ohms. If it is infinity, it needs a new element.
Thermostats and timers do go bad, so if it shows conductivity the timer might be broken. Also check the door interlock for proper action. Jim
 
I am not the perfect Belly Mower. I am Jim, however I have learned (for today) that I need to type in the correct box. Jim
 
I forgot to mention that i tested the leads coming to and from the little fuse block on the side of the heater tube and it has voltage and current going thru it. I dont have my fluke with me just one of the little stick in the outlet testers that tests for the presence of voltage and current. I am getting voltage on one leg that plugs into the element but not any current. Thanks again.
 
Did you actually verify that there's 240 volts across both "legs" or simply that each leg is 120 to ground/neutral?

If that's OK, unplug the unit and check the element for conductivity with an Ohmmeter, Also look for a wire burned off of a terminal at the junction block, timer, on of the thermostats or at the centrifugal safety switch on the motor.

Which brings up another possible failure point, the centrifugal safety switch on the motor that allows the element to operate only if the motor is "up to speed".

Newer dryers have a one-time thermal fuse that will blow if the exhaust air temp gets to hot, from a clogged vent, for example. Look for one of those.

Below is a link to a webpage about them.
Dryer thermal fuses
 
have older dryer timer has 3 settings, 1 is air dry, 2 is automatic dry, 3 is timed dry. air dry is no heat just air. dryer also has heat ranges, cotton= high heat, permanant press= medium heat, delicate= low heat. check your control settings, 1 may be wrong. been there done that when it took hours to dry insulated coveralls when her dainties were the previous load.
 
tested both thermal fuses and they are good. Will have to get my fluke from the farm and test continuity on the element next i guess.
 
Yep, tested several different cycles. the temperature switch also looks good, as in the little resisters on the back are not visibly fried.
 
A few years ago I had the same problem. It was the heating element. Searched on google for help taking it apart.
 
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