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Captain Suave said:
Goddamnit, I HATE shit like this.
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Fuck that! You had a broken thing. You did some stuff. Now you have a working thing. Great success!
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Kobayashi

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Captain Suave said:
Goddamnit, I HATE shit like this. The igniter wasn't heating, which I verified thoroughly prior to repair. Stripped the damn thing down to bare metal and spent four hours researching parts, learning the wiring diagram, and testing continuity across every component and length of wire. (No electrical/appliance training but I watched a lot of YouTube on my way to last night's Holiday Inn.) Couldn't identify a problem. Gave up and reassembled. Works fucking perfectly. Fuck.
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You might want to try replacing the thermister. I just recently had mine go south. Dryer had been acting up, finally got to the point where I had no heat. I assumed it was the thermal fuse, but when I pulled it out, it still ohmed out ok. Checked the thermister on a lark since it was right there and it was reading way off (500kish ohms, should be somewhere around 12k). Had a new one overnighted and swapped. Interesting thing was now the bad thermister was reading ok, so, I think it probably starts to fail as it heats up.
 
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Kobayashi said:
You might want to try replacing the thermister. I just recently had mine go south. Dryer had been acting up, finally got to the point where I had no heat. I assumed it was the thermal fuse, but when I pulled it out, it still ohmed out ok. Checked the thermister on a lark since it was right there and it was reading way off (500kish ohms, should be somewhere around 12k). Had a new one overnighted and swapped. Interesting thing was now the bad thermister was reading ok, so, I think it probably starts to fail as it heats up.
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Yeah. It works now but not as perfectly as I thought. The igniter heats but the flame cuts out intermittently in the dry cycle. All the parts tested at spec for resistance but I'm ordering a $40 suite of knockoff replacements (OEM parts cost more than a new dryer) and swapping the entire set of thermometers and fuses, gas valve, and flame sensor. If that doesn't work I'm at a loss.
 
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