combo52 says:
"On a full sized WP built electric dryer the heater will not cycle even once until the exhaust or blower housing thermostat is satisfied."
Most 29" WP uses "High-limit Thermostat of 250 deg F and Thermal Fuse of 360 deg F" at the inlet. The high-limit may not have a chance to cut-off the heating power because the inlet air temperature does not reach 250 deg during the heating up . The "Thermal Fuse of 360 deg" is for extra safety cut-off and non-settable.
The GE uses two thermostats at the inlet - Safety Thermostat and Control Inlet Thermostat.
I would think that
a) the Safety Thermostat would work at a temperature close to the "High-limit Thermostat of 250 deg F" and
b) the Control Inlet Thermostat would work at a temperature lower than that of the Safety Thermostat (say 20 to 50 deg lower). It is designed to maintain a regulated inlet air temperature. It has two inlet set-temperatures for this model with Normal/PP/Delicate. With a lower inlet temperature, it would take a longer time to reach the target temperature at the outlet.
I think that there are also two inlet set-temperatures in some new 29" WP dryer model with Normal/PP/Delicate(Gentle Breeze model?).
"On a full sized WP built electric dryer the heater will not cycle even once until the exhaust or blower housing thermostat is satisfied."
Most 29" WP uses "High-limit Thermostat of 250 deg F and Thermal Fuse of 360 deg F" at the inlet. The high-limit may not have a chance to cut-off the heating power because the inlet air temperature does not reach 250 deg during the heating up . The "Thermal Fuse of 360 deg" is for extra safety cut-off and non-settable.
The GE uses two thermostats at the inlet - Safety Thermostat and Control Inlet Thermostat.
I would think that
a) the Safety Thermostat would work at a temperature close to the "High-limit Thermostat of 250 deg F" and
b) the Control Inlet Thermostat would work at a temperature lower than that of the Safety Thermostat (say 20 to 50 deg lower). It is designed to maintain a regulated inlet air temperature. It has two inlet set-temperatures for this model with Normal/PP/Delicate. With a lower inlet temperature, it would take a longer time to reach the target temperature at the outlet.
I think that there are also two inlet set-temperatures in some new 29" WP dryer model with Normal/PP/Delicate(Gentle Breeze model?).