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Took me 3 hours to find a $5 capacitor on a Whirlpool dryer
Got a call last week for a dryer that wouldn't heat. Checked the thermal fuse, the heating element, even the cycling thermostat. Spent two hours chasing my tail. Finally noticed a tiny crack in the wire going to the high limit thermostat. Replaced it for five bucks and it fired right up. Felt like an idiot. Anyone else spend way too long on something simple?
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blair_torres703d ago
Yeah that cracked insulation thing is wild, especially when it's hidden under a wire nut or something. @rowanr88 you're probably right, it might have been cracked from day one and just needed a little vibration to finally fail. I hate those intermittent problems that drive you crazy for hours. Fixed a fridge once where the door switch was barely making contact, drove me nuts for a whole afternoon.
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rowanr884d ago
Man that wire probably had a cracked insulation from day one and nobody ever caught it.
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grantc804d ago
Wired up a whole home theater system once, everything looked clean. Turned it on and a speaker just popped and died. Pulled the wire out of the wall and found a staple had pinched it flat. Builder probably did it during construction. But that insulation crack thing is sneaky. Could have been zapped the second power hit it. Makes you wonder how many things are just waiting to fail.
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