Mild heat -> takes much longer to dry clothes.

Every clothes cycle now goes into ‘extra’ time now - it just doesn’t dry as nearly as fast as it used to. I had a similar problem a few years ago, had a tech come out who initially thought it was the control board. Turned out to be the thermister. So, guess what the first thing I did was - order a thermister! Unfortunately that didn’t fix the problem this time.

What to look at next? Vent/exhaust freshly cleaned - no obstruction there. Thanks in advance.

125 looks and no one has any ideas? Additional detail is that I don’t see the coil turning bright orange at all - not even when just starting a HOT cycle (ex: towels).

The wife gave me a deadline of tonight - if there’s no progress, I must call the repairman :frowning: Thanks in advance.