Anyone know anything about dryers? Specifically, an Asko T702C.
It’s completely dead. No lights come on when I press the power switch. I’m guessing that it’s a blown fuse, if it has a fuse, but there is no fuse panel anywhere on the unit.
I’ve had it apart before – I replaced the drive belt a couple of years ago. But I don’t remember seeing a fuse then, either.
Any thoughts or experiences much appreciated.
Have you checked the breaker for the circuit it’s on? Sometimes, a tripped breaker won’t be obvious, and you have to toggle it all the way to off, then back on to reset it.
Other than that, I only have an anecdote that on our electric dryer, one of the wires wasn’t tightly connected, and it overheated and eventually broke. It was obvious by the browning of the wire, and was an easy fix. Something to look for if you open it up again.
I had an electric dryer that would not run. Checked the outlet (it was on its own 220 circuit) and there was no power. Turned out it was a bad breaker.
ETA: other troubleshooting includes checking the door circuit. A bad door switch is pretty common from what I remember.
I’ve never touched an Asko dryer, but I’ve had to repair several other dryers over the years. Usually when you open either the back panel or the back of the control panel on top you can find a nice circuit diagram that shows you what is where.
I usually troubleshoot them by starting at the 240 feed. If I have voltage there then I just keep going through the circuit. There can be a fuse. It usually won’t be in any kind of fuse panel. More often it will be an inline fuse or may just be a fusible link (basically, just a thin wire). There can also be thermal fuses, often more than one. If one of the thermal fuses has gone out, that’s often a sign that the dryer is clogged up with lint and you really need to clean it out thoroughly when you replace the fuse so that it doesn’t just blow again. You can often short the door switch with a screwdriver to check if that’s the problem. It’s also possible that the timer/controller has gone south. All of these are like links in a chain. If any one of them goes out the entire chain stops working.
You should be pretty handy with a multimeter and you should have a reasonable knowledge about electricity and a very good knowledge of electrical safety before poking around in a dryer with the back removed. 240 volts can easily kill you.
All of this assumes that it’s not something simple like the breaker, as was already mentioned.
Thanks, everyone. No, it’s not the breaker. And the 240 outlet is live.
I have a washer and dryer. The dryer sits on top of the washer. The dryer has a big 240V plug that plugs into a wall outlet. The washer plugs into the dryer.
The washer works fine. So there can’t be any issue with the circuit breaker or the power.
And yes, I know 240 volts could kill me. So I don’t touch the thing without unplugging it!