9751784 Igniter Repair Whirlpool Kenmore

There are two types of thermostats applied on most Whirlpool, Kenmore, GE, and Maytag electric and gas dryers – Fixed and Adjustable. These two types have three basic apps in a dryer – as operating or cycling thermostats, safety thermostats, and cool-down thermostats.

An operating or cycling (bias) thermostat is employed to control the air temperature in the dryer. A single fixed thermostat, assorted switch-selected fixed thermostats, or an adaptable thermostat may be in control. These thermostats are located in the exhaust airstream of the dryer and have commonly closed contracts. The contacts open with temperature rise and control the electrical current to the gas burner or electric-heat-element circuitry. In a heap of apps a second, commonly open, contact is applied to control timer operation.

Safety thermostats are used to prevent exuberant temperatures within the dryer. Dryer safety thermostats, or thermal fuses, are always fixed, or the non-adjustable type. They are located at strategic emplacements in the burner area, heater factor housing, or fan-scroll housing, depending on the design of the dryer model. In most, if not all dryer applications, thermal fuses and safety thermostats have normally closed contacts that open the circuit and prevent electrical current to the heat source in the event that a lot of failure or an unnatural rise in temperature. Some of the earlier dryer safety thermostats applied with a great deal of manual ignition burners had normally-open contacts that close and energize an unlatching solenoid.

Cool-down thermostats are employed to provide motor operation for the duration of the cool-down on a heap of Whirlpool and Maytag Dryer designs. These thermostats have normally-open contacts that close for the duration of the heat phase of the cycle. At the end of that phase, the timer or relay contacts are opened and the dryer proceeds to run without heat. When exhaust temperatures drop to approximately 120F, the contacts open to end the cycle.

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9751784 Igniter Repair Whirlpool Kenmore Photo

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