The dryer didn't work because the breaker was tripped. The breaker was as you (Ron) and Pumps suggested. It just unseated slightly and wasn't noticeable to the eye that it had moved. I did as you suggested and moved it to "On" first and it did indeed moved just a smidge. Turned it to Off and then back to On. The dryer then started working again.
The breaker was a double breaker but was a "20" and not a "30". Should it be a "30"? https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/DoIt_Yourself/photos/albums/939674741
One photo ("Dryer Wire Lead") shows a wire/lead that gets inserted into the adapter that connects into the coils. This wire is the more degraded of the two wires. I can buy 2 small wires and 2 wire nuts via Searsparts for about $15 and patch both wires. I feel this would be safer than leaving the wires as-is. Am I mistaken in thinking this way?
On Fri, Apr 3, 2015 at 6:17 PM, Ron Johnson l0c0l0b0@hotmail.com [DoIt_Yourself] <DoIt_Yourself@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
Some breakers don't go to the middle and it's a little difficult to see it as tripped. That's why I like the ones with the red "flag". When checking for tripped breaker, I always try to move it to the "ON" position. If it moves, that's the one that's been tripped; it won't turn on till you move it to the off position first, but at least you found the right one.
As far as the dryer itself, check to see if the coil is broken. If touching the frame, it will continue to heat (120 on one side and ground on the other) till the thermal limit switch does it's thing. I had a coil break on me and I didn't find it till I went through the whole thing. If I had thought about it, I would have saved time. Lots of time.
To: DoIt_Yourself@yahoogroups.com
From: DoIt_Yourself@yahoogroups.com
Date: Fri, 3 Apr 2015 13:28:48 -0400
Subject: [DIY] Re: Dryer Outlet
Reminder: If the problem is in the dryer, resetting the breaker will fix nothing
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