On Fri, 9 Dec 2016 06:56:56 -0500, jmcquown >
wrote:

>On 12/8/2016 11:27 PM, Brooklyn1 wrote:
>> jmcquown wrote:
>>>
>>> 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.
>
>I checked the breaker. Do you think I'm that stupid? Everything else
>works, the washer is on the same circuit and it works fine. The dryer
>is 25 years old.
>
>> 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.
>>
>I'm not ranking on you. In this case you are NOT correct. The first
>thing I checked was the circuit breakers. I flipped all the switches
>from ON to OFF. The dryer is dead. It happens. Appliances do not last
>forever. That's why I have a home warranty to cover replacing/repairing
>them.
>
>Jill


First off, if it's 25 years old you're mad not to have replaced it
already for newer, it is just sucking up the power! They are greatly
improved in that way, 'fridges too, even more so!

Secondly those warranties cost you far more than normal replacement.
Figure out how much you have paid over the years and the cost of a new
dryer.