At installation, it heated for a short while and stopped heating but still ran the whole cycle. After visiting your Forum site and doing the continuety check , I bought a Thermister Temperture Sensor (TTS). Changed it and got no change. Right part/wrong problem. Poor tester?
Tested again. from heater coil = 2 ohms; HL T’stat = closed; NT T’stat = closed; TTS = Very high resistance (open?) new part and old part = same R.
How do I check Heater relay or does someone have a smarter fix, maybe even know what I should do to stop this process of parts elimination?
Try flipping the breaker off/on slowly a couple times, sometimes you can loose half the line without actually tripping the breaker.
If this does nothing, check the voltage at the plug
L1 to L2 should be 240 volts
L1 to Neutral and L2 to Neutral, both should be 120 volts.
If OK
Unplug the unit and check the wires at the terminal strip in the machine to make sure none are loose or burned out
If OK
Check the power at the terminal strip.
Be careful as 240 volts is lethal !!!
Also your heater resistance is way too low, should be approximately 12 ohms.
R= 2 Ohms (heater coil). You say it should be 12 Ohms. Do I need a new coil?
I would say pehaps.
Double check that you are reading the meter correctly.
Also remove both wires from the heater and re-check it.
If you still get 2 ohms, it does have a problem.
The reason for the double checking is if the heat coil is 2 ohms it would draw 120 amps which would blow your breaker.
OK Denman I’m on it once again. Here come da meterman.
Update to above 8/27 11:48 AM:
Traced back to Heater Relay (306199). bypassing HR wires #9 BLK and #3 BRN yeilds 120 VAC.
Can you tell me how to check it properly to be sure this is the culprit?