Timer does not move

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  1. Dryers dries clothes but does not shut off. (Dryer does stop when door is open and the start button must be pushed for it to restart.) Issue is the timer does not advance in any cycle. I installed a new timer and it still does not advance.
  2. Dryer puts out heat in all cycles, even in the no heat Air Dry setting.

I am looking for advice on what other parts could be bad as well as how to check them.

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If timer doesn’t advance in timed dry cycle, then timer is bad. If dryer heats when set to air dry, then either timer is bad or heat element is grounded.

http://www.appliancepartspros.com/whirlpool-timer-3398190-ap3097576.html

http://www.appliancepartspros.com/whirlpool-whirlpool-dryer-heating-279838-ap3094254.html

Eric

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If timer doesn’t advance in timed dry cycle, then timer is bad. If dryer heats when set to air dry, then either timer is bad or heat element is grounded.

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Eric

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Thanks Eric.
Especially about the grounded heat element. I will check these out but I’m gonna be really bummed out if the new timer I just bought from Appliance Parts Pros turns out to be bad.
Mike

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If the timer is faulty, you may return it to APP. The only other thing that could prevent timer from advancing in timed dry is a faulty wire/connection. Check for continuity between the white/black wire on the timer to the black wire on the start switch. If you don’t have continuity, trace the white/black wire from timer to where it is spliced into the black wires to find the problem.

Eric

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Thanks Eric.

  1. As you suggested, I checked but found continuity between the start switch and the timer. However, running additional checks, I found the resistor to not have continuity, so I bypassed it temporarily and the timer worked (resistor is now on order).

  2. As for the issue of heating even in the no heat cycle, just as you said, the heating element had a ground (coil had expanded to the point of touching the surrounding housing). (Also have a new element coming.)

Thanks for all your help.
Mike

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The resistor is only used in auto dry. It is used to drop the 240vac to 120vac for the timer motor. If you bypass it, you are applying 240vac to the timer motor and can damage the motor. You said the timer would not advance in timed dry cycle. The resistor is not used in that cycle. There is something else wrong if timer does not advance in timed dry. The resistor should read between 4050 to 4950 ohms. You don’t test it with continuity check, you measure it’s resistance.

Eric

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I just got a new timer control from APP and installed. It works fine on timed dry but not on the different dry cycles. It heats up just fine but never goes off. It just stays in the same place. I put the old timer back in and now it’s doing the same thing. although it didn’t do that before. I don’t think I put the wires on wrong. I held the new timer and switched the wires over one by one.

I have continuity back to the start switch through the white wire.

Rich W

GE DWSR483EG6WW Dryer