Sunday, May 29, 2016

Dryer Repair Modesto Secrets When It Is Not Producing Heat

By Joshua Burns


It is easy to get frustrated when a dryer is not producing enough heat or not producing heat at all to dry clothes. Hiring an expert might be costly on your end, and the tips below are to help you with your dryer repair Modesto needs. The repair of a dryer is simple if you are cautious enough.

When you are using the electric dryer, the heat is produced by a heating element which is a heating wires coil enclosed in a metallic chamber. For heat to be generated, electric current flows through the coil heating air that is pulled through the chamber. Heat might fail to be produced if the element is defective. To determine if this is the reason there is no heat, you need to unplug the equipment, remove the panel, and test the heating element sing a multimeter.

At times, the issue can be the high limit thermostat which is a safety device that is mounted on the heating chamber and is designed in a way that it can prevent the drying machine from overheating in case the exhaust vent is restricted. When you have a vent that is restricted, it will make the high limit of the thermostat activate or trip, and this will interrupt either the circuit to the gas valve or the element. To determine this, you can disconnect the power and check whether there is continuity between the thermostat and the multimeter.

A cycling thermostat controls the temperatures found in the drying machine drum. They are created in such a way that they can cycle the heating element on and off as a way of maintaining the right amount of temperatures. When used over a period the thermostat can become faulty. If this is the situation, there will not be continuation between the multimeter and the thermostat.

If you have purchased the latest design of gas dryers, then they have both the igniter and a glow bar. They are used to ignite the gas being released. When the drying machine wants to produce heat, the igniter will start to glow as it heats up and when the temperatures reach maximum the gas valve will open allowing the gas to be ignited, use a millimeter to test for continuity.

The latest design of the equipment has been installed with an electric coil that is used to open the gas valve so that gas can be produced. The heating circuit controls these coils. When one or more fails, the gas valve will fail to open, and gas will not be released thus this will mean that no heat is being produced.

The Thermo fuse is designed and placed to stop the machine from overheating. Once it has blown, it is not useful anymore in case your fuse is blown it will not be of any use, and you will need to replace it.

All these are simple tricks that you can use to repair your equipment at home. This will save you not only time but also money. In case you find that you are having a hard time diagnosing what is wrong with the drying machine, then you should call in an equipment repair expert in Modesto, CA. Experts will ensure that your equipment is in good condition at all times.




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