Clothes dryer made by Whirlpool, top lint trap.
Symptoms:
Dryer "alarm" has been inoperative for a year+ (should buzz when the cycle is finished)
Sporadic failure to start a new cycle, took several times of pushing the button to get it started. Last weekend I left it alone, came back after an hour and it fired off like nothing was wrong. This weekend I did three cycles of laundry with no problems, until it was time to do the fourth load. Pushing the start button and nothing doing. It has continued to fail to start for two days now. Normally when starting a load, pushing the start button results in a "click", now the button depresses, but makes no clicking noise or feel.
I can hear the timer "tick, tick, tick" when the mode selector is in the drying phase, and the timer does run down to a finish ("OFF") spot on the selector. If the 90 minute tumble only "wrinkle guard" phase is selected, the drum will then begin to turn, but no heat.
When the door is open, the interior light comes on, and pushing on the door latch will make an audible "click" and shut the light off.
According to YouTube, the first thing to check is the door latch/switch which seems to be operating correctly.
Any wisdom for home appliance troubleshooting from the collective minds of HuntTalk?
Symptoms:
Dryer "alarm" has been inoperative for a year+ (should buzz when the cycle is finished)
Sporadic failure to start a new cycle, took several times of pushing the button to get it started. Last weekend I left it alone, came back after an hour and it fired off like nothing was wrong. This weekend I did three cycles of laundry with no problems, until it was time to do the fourth load. Pushing the start button and nothing doing. It has continued to fail to start for two days now. Normally when starting a load, pushing the start button results in a "click", now the button depresses, but makes no clicking noise or feel.
I can hear the timer "tick, tick, tick" when the mode selector is in the drying phase, and the timer does run down to a finish ("OFF") spot on the selector. If the 90 minute tumble only "wrinkle guard" phase is selected, the drum will then begin to turn, but no heat.
When the door is open, the interior light comes on, and pushing on the door latch will make an audible "click" and shut the light off.
According to YouTube, the first thing to check is the door latch/switch which seems to be operating correctly.
Any wisdom for home appliance troubleshooting from the collective minds of HuntTalk?
