"Brooklyn1" wrote in message
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jmcquown wrote:
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>Quiite coincdentally my clothes dryer just broke. I put a load of wet
>clothes in it and pushed the Start button... nothing. I tried changing
>the settings, Start? Nope, no go. Grrrrr.

Did you check the circuit breaker?

>I called my home warranty company and they will send a tech to repair
>and likely replace it. Meanwhile I have a bunch of wet clothes and no
>good way to dry them. I cannot have an outdoor clothes line where I
>live. I can hang some things in the bathroom but this is really an
>inconvenience.

I'd think a neighborly neighbor would rescue your one load of
laundry... however I'd bet it's the circuit breaker. If it's the
breaker still have an electrician check it out, after so many years
circuit breakers go bad. Once a year it's a good idea to "exercise"
all the circuit breakers by flipping their switch a couple of times
each, cleans the oxidation so their points make good contact. And
eventually a breaker's points become burned and it needs to be
replaced... especially with high amperage breakers like for a dryer.
It's extremely rare that a dryer motor would suddenly die, much more
likely a belt would wear/break. It's very likely the breaker but
knowing how you look for every opportunity to rank on me I know you
would never say I am correct. Odds are you never thought to check the
breaker.

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I had to ask that was. We just have fuses which are simple to replace.

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