The iginiter glows red but the gas does not fire up. The dryer continues to spin and the iginiter comes on repeatedly every few minutes. Pls help.
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The iginiter glows red but the gas does not fire up. The dryer continues to spin and the iginiter comes on repeatedly every few minutes. Pls help.
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Your description leads me to believe , you have a failed gas valve solenoid(coil) on you gas valve.
Are you sure the gas has not been turned off to the the dryer?
Please varify your description: igniter glows red and goes out in a few seconds but no gas is released.
If this is all correct, I suggest you start at replacing the coil kit on the gas valve.
Pleas see attached part number and picture.
Good luck,
[part]AP3094251[/part]
i ordered EXACT part today…$23,not bad with shipping.
mine did samething…i saw glow…so that parts good. i ordered coils…lets c.
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i ordered EXACT part today…$23,not bad with shipping.
mine did samething…i saw glow…so that parts good. i ordered coils…lets c.
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You’re welcome,
happy laundering.
I had the same problem. I checked my coils for continuity and got nothing. I ordered the coils and I’m not getting continuity on the new ones right out of the box. Shouldn’t I be getting continuity on these new ones?
Thanks
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I had the same problem. I checked my coils for continuity and got nothing. I ordered the coils and I’m not getting continuity on the new ones right out of the box. Shouldn’t I be getting continuity on these new ones?
Thanks
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Yes you should be able to read resistance across the coils.
Is your meter set to the correct ohms resistance range ?
The 2 terminal coil should read apprximately 1000 ohms.
the 3 terminal coil should read approximately 500 ohms across the 2 outside terminals, an 1300 ohms across the middle terminal and the pin to left side (term. #1)of the dual coil solenoid terminals.
It was an audible meter. Touching the leads together produced a loud beep but touching the coil terminals produced nothing. I should return these?
Thanks
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It was an audible meter. Touching the leads together produced a loud beep but touching the coil terminals produced nothing. I should return these?
Thanks
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Do you know the RX scale of the meter ?
I prefer an anolog meter or adjustable digital meter, not one that beeps only or an auto ranger meter.
A bad part out of the box is a possibility. You may want to return them and try again, but if you get the same resistance, try another meter on the correct settings.