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Calgon, take me away!
Jul. 8th, 2008 02:42 pmSunday: Clothes dryer dies, I attempt to diagnose and can only narrow it down, dad comes over and verifies one of my suspects is dead
Monday: Take part off of dryer and head to appliance shop 15 minutes away, discover shop has moved to strip mall only 3 minutes from house, drive 15 minutes from old shop to new shop, buy baggie containing part I need and another part for what I thought was a reasonable price, replace part on dryer, start up dryer and see heating element is coming on again, run for 15 minutes
Tuesday: start off day by pulling something in my shoulders/back, start laundry, check on clothes in dryer after noticing that it had been running for 2 hours but hadn't buzzed, clothes are cool and wet, call fil to pick up my two loads of wet clothes (had started a second load in washer already)
The dryer is pulled out of the closet with the back removed. I would love to do more troubleshooting, but I must confess that I'm barely competent with volt ohm meters (VOM). Alas, my old school analog one seems dead. I've pulled out a digital one and it is quite different from what I'm used to using. I can't make heads or tails when trying to read the continuity of the parts I'm testing. The damned display is shooting numbers all over the place or giving me "0.L" - WTF!?
I spent some time trying to find some basic instructions on reading a digital VOM. I'm finding some nice instructions for dummies on analog, but only vague comments on the digital ones. I can't find a manual for my Craftsman DVOM (or is this DMM?). While I would love to solve this problem by myself, I keep finding myself looking blankly at the back of the dryer and/or my DIY manuals.
Part of me feels really stupid and needy calling my dad or fil to help with this issue. I've worked on this damned dryer several times and I should be able to do this. The frustration of the pain in my shoulders, the repair that wasn't, and trying to do electrical engineering with a brain that has never done well in that field has me in a foul mood.
Monday: Take part off of dryer and head to appliance shop 15 minutes away, discover shop has moved to strip mall only 3 minutes from house, drive 15 minutes from old shop to new shop, buy baggie containing part I need and another part for what I thought was a reasonable price, replace part on dryer, start up dryer and see heating element is coming on again, run for 15 minutes
Tuesday: start off day by pulling something in my shoulders/back, start laundry, check on clothes in dryer after noticing that it had been running for 2 hours but hadn't buzzed, clothes are cool and wet, call fil to pick up my two loads of wet clothes (had started a second load in washer already)
The dryer is pulled out of the closet with the back removed. I would love to do more troubleshooting, but I must confess that I'm barely competent with volt ohm meters (VOM). Alas, my old school analog one seems dead. I've pulled out a digital one and it is quite different from what I'm used to using. I can't make heads or tails when trying to read the continuity of the parts I'm testing. The damned display is shooting numbers all over the place or giving me "0.L" - WTF!?
I spent some time trying to find some basic instructions on reading a digital VOM. I'm finding some nice instructions for dummies on analog, but only vague comments on the digital ones. I can't find a manual for my Craftsman DVOM (or is this DMM?). While I would love to solve this problem by myself, I keep finding myself looking blankly at the back of the dryer and/or my DIY manuals.
Part of me feels really stupid and needy calling my dad or fil to help with this issue. I've worked on this damned dryer several times and I should be able to do this. The frustration of the pain in my shoulders, the repair that wasn't, and trying to do electrical engineering with a brain that has never done well in that field has me in a foul mood.
