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My dryer has died

Wendy Lou Hoo — Sat, 29 Jan 2022 20:04:55 GMT

I dried one load of clothes this morning, dryer worked fine. The second load, cold air. Tried all the knobs, etc. Dug out my owner's manual, found that it was purchased in 2002. It is a Whirlpool, lasted 20 years and 6 months. Can't ask for more from an appliance. I have ordered a new one, also a Whirlpool, made in USA, but delivery is more than a week out. Don't these things always happen at the worst times? Sigh.....

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Mom2Dogs — Sat, 29 Jan 2022 20:12:49 GMT

@Wendy Lou Hoo I feel your pain....last Sunday the door on my washer would not lock shut....we have replaced the door mechanics 2x since we had the front loader washer...The part is on its way, hopefully Monday.

In the meantime the laundry is piling up.

I hope you get your dryer in a timely manner.

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Vivian — Sat, 29 Jan 2022 20:23:59 GMT

I sympathize. The same thing happened to me. One minute working, next minute dead. I couldn't get to a store because of bad weather and the difficulty of going anywhere with my husband with dementia. I knew that there were problems with inventory so I got busy online and made a couple of phone calls to our local big box stores. I found a not-outrageously-expensive GE on sale, paid with my credit card and had it delivered the next day. It is as good as any of the many other dryers I bought in the past after I had done a great deal of research.

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Justholdingon — Sat, 29 Jan 2022 20:49:41 GMT

why don't you just replace the heating element in the dryer? That's probably all that's wrong with it. 😳

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ECBG — Sat, 29 Jan 2022 20:50:37 GMT

Did you replug it? Sometimes surges we don't notice can effect appliances.

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fthunt — Sat, 29 Jan 2022 20:59:43 GMT

@Justholdingon That IS what is wrong - heating element died. Buying a major part on an old dryer isn't the way to go. New ones are more energy efficient plus buying an element plus paying for labor.....WOWIE.. you.still have an old appliance.

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Desert Lily — Sat, 29 Jan 2022 21:08:21 GMT

In 2014 a year or 2 after buying a new gas dryer, the drum inside the dryer came loose. It rubbed on other metal turning inside that created unseen sparks & a potential fire. I smelled smouldering & turned the dryer off. It could've been a major disaster. A repairman explained what had happened inside the dryer & told me to buy a new one. I won't say what brand it was, but I'll never buy that appliance brand again.

I'm glad I was home while the dryer was running, and I never ever will leave the house with any appliance on.

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qvcaddition — Sat, 29 Jan 2022 21:11:09 GMT

@Wendy Lou Hoo

@Wendy Lou Hoo wrote:
I dried one load of clothes this morning, dryer worked fine. The second load, cold air. Tried all the knobs, etc. Dug out my owner's manual, found that it was purchased in 2002. It is a Whirlpool, lasted 20 years and 6 months. Can't ask for more from an appliance. I have ordered a new one, also a Whirlpool, made in USA, but delivery is more than a week out. Don't these things always happen at the worst times? Sigh.....

My timer broke and the repair service where I brought it 6 yrs ago wanted $425 to fix. Just timer. Won't go into long story of how incompetent the service guy was, just to say after I ordered the knob from Amazon and my son came over and took of console, found the problem. In 20 min. fixed it. I call the repair service dept. and they gave me back the 85.00 service call charge, after some discussion on my part and my yelp review.

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kate2357 — Sat, 29 Jan 2022 21:25:43 GMT

@Desert Lily wrote:
In 2014 a year or 2 after buying a new gas dryer, the drum inside the dryer came loose. It rubbed on other metal turning inside that created unseen sparks & a potential fire. I smelled smouldering & turned the dryer off. It could've been a major disaster. A repairman explained what had happened inside the dryer & told me to buy a new one. I won't say what brand it was, but I'll never buy that appliance brand again.

I'm glad I was home while the dryer was running, and I never ever will leave the house with any appliance on.

I am the same , will not leave the house w/ an applicance running. When my sons were 6 & 8 they put liquid soap into the dishwasher and turned it on just as we were leaving the house. I had zero idea of what happened and I didn't know why they acted so fidgety and guilty while we were out and about UNTIL we came home. Sigh.

Hardwoods ruined in many of the first floor rooms from the water and soap that went EVERYWHERE. It's been over 20 years since that happened and I still do not leave the house w/ dishwasher, dryer, washing machine on.

Side note: I did not directly punish my boys as they didn't ruin the floor on purpose. But their indirect punishment was helping load and unload the dishwasher from that point until they went to college.

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catter70 — Sat, 29 Jan 2022 21:45:10 GMT

I haven't had a dryer in 23 years. I use drying racks and a big fan. Works for me, but then again it's just me.

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AuntG — Sun, 30 Jan 2022 01:20:58 GMT

Such an inconvenience when appliances break down.

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kitty60 — Sun, 30 Jan 2022 13:16:47 GMT

I am so lucky mu husband is handy! There is a website where he can diagnose appliances, the last time that happened although dryer was getting up there in years it looked like the heating element. At the time it was under $20 for the part. He ordered and replaced and it has been working just fine for the last couple of years. (I figured if that didn't fix I would only be out $20) Before that we had a problem and it was soldering on one of the boards, he resoldered and Fixed!

An appliance repair person that came out once told him about it and the you tube videos to repair, The technician said there was no way he could keep up on everything and that is what he does.

We have saved tons of money.

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CAcableGirl2 — Sun, 30 Jan 2022 20:05:34 GMT

@Wendy Lou Hoo You may want to double check your utility companies for possible rebates with a purchase of a new appliance.

Many times, you can get a check (or credit to your account) from either the gas or electric company, and I think I got a rebate from my water company too on the purchase of my new washer a few years ago.

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RealtyGal2 — Mon, 31 Jan 2022 06:00:33 GMT

@Wendy Lou Hoo wrote:
I dried one load of clothes this morning, dryer worked fine. The second load, cold air. Tried all the knobs, etc. Dug out my owner's manual, found that it was purchased in 2002. It is a Whirlpool, lasted 20 years and 6 months. Can't ask for more from an appliance. I have ordered a new one, also a Whirlpool, made in USA, but delivery is more than a week out. Don't these things always happen at the worst times? Sigh.....

I have a Whirlpool that I purchased 30 years ago. I had it cool down about 15 years ago and had a repairman from Sears out to do a repair and it has run fine since then. You should try a repair first.

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RealtyGal2 — Mon, 31 Jan 2022 06:05:39 GMT

@catter70 wrote:
I haven't had a dryer in 23 years. I use drying racks and a big fan. Works for me, but then again it's just me.

Does that work on towels?

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wilma — Mon, 31 Jan 2022 19:56:16 GMT

@Wendy Lou Hoo

So sorry that happened. Never a good time for an appliance to break. Always very aggravating.

My dryer has been making strange noises for a few days. Wondering if it's about to break. It's not that old either. We finally replaced our washer in 2020. It was 15 years old & had been repaired twice before replacing it. We were lucky to get another one at the time as there was and still seems to be a shortage of major appliances.

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sabatini — Tue, 01 Feb 2022 00:01:30 GMT

@Wendy Lou Hoo, hope your new dryer will be perfect for you.

When my very old dryer recently died, it was so hard to find a proper replacement.

There is very little room where my dryer hookup is, and today's appliances have ballooned in size - particularly their depth. It's nuts!

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Pooky1 — Tue, 01 Feb 2022 20:24:49 GMT

Our whirlpool dryer did the same thing like 4 years ago. And it was 15 years old. We had it fixed.it was a gas dryer and it was the thing that lights the fire to heat it . it was only 120 bucks and its still running. Good luck with your new dryer.

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qvcaddition — Tue, 01 Feb 2022 21:19:57 GMT

@kitty60

@kitty60 wrote:
I am so lucky mu husband is handy! There is a website where he can diagnose appliances, the last time that happened although dryer was getting up there in years it looked like the heating element. At the time it was under $20 for the part. He ordered and replaced and it has been working just fine for the last couple of years. (I figured if that didn't fix I would only be out $20) Before that we had a problem and it was soldering on one of the boards, he resoldered and Fixed!

An appliance repair person that came out once told him about it and the you tube videos to repair, The technician said there was no way he could keep up on everything and that is what he does.

We have saved tons of money.

My son is the same. He fixed the dryer as I stated on previous post. Last week, my electricity went out in half the house.

He put in all new breakers, the repair man wanted 6,000. and I think he was posing as an electrician.

Now my son is going to install up date GFI's. I myself check it on utube and the directions are very clear. My son has done everything that breaks in his home. The electrician wants 3200 to do a few GFI's. I am low income, and just don;t have it. The electrician that came out the first time, said I need a new breaker box. He was trying to sell, because he could not fix the problem, but my son did. The guy wanted to replace all the outlets, well my other son did that. In today's world, people are getting jobs they are not qualified. They stick their name on a plate that attaches to their car door. I think that is what this guy did from the looks of his card. No license number on his card, just says estimater service tech. Misleading.

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qvcaddition — Tue, 01 Feb 2022 21:21:38 GMT

@sabatini

@sabatini wrote:
@Wendy Lou Hoo, hope your new dryer will be perfect for you.

When my very old dryer recently died, it was so hard to find a proper replacement.
There is very little room where my dryer hookup is, and today's appliances have ballooned in size - particularly their depth. It's nuts!

Same happened to me. Very small space. My house 46 years old. Things are happening.