Always bypassed thermal fuses on dryers until one almost caught fire

Last month I had a Samsung dryer that kept shutting off after 15 minutes. I usually just bypass the thermal fuse to test it and move on, but this time I replaced it with a genuine Samsung part from a supply house in Columbus. The customer called me 2 weeks later saying the problem came back, turns out the vent was completely clogged 12 feet in. If I would have just bypassed it again that thing could have been a fire hazard. Anyone else run into vent issues that the thermal fuse was actually warning you about?

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casey3422d agoTop Commenter

Life's just like that. Ignore the warnings and you'll get burned.

caseywalker2d agoMost Upvoted

Used to roll my eyes at people saying stuff like that. Thought I was too smart to fall for the obvious traps. Then I ignored three separate red flags about a job offer because I wanted the money, and ended up stuck in the worst six months of my life. Now I actually listen when people warn me about something.

joseph_bailey2d ago

three years ago i had a buddy who ignored the weird noises his car was making for like six months. thought it was just "how it drove." ended up with the transmission basically grenading itself on the highway. cost him like 4 grand to fix. same energy as bypassing thermal fuses honestly. @caseywalker nailed it with that job offer story. we all think we are too clever to get caught up in the obvious warning signs until we are staring at a burned up wiring harness or a six month nightmare job.