Speed Queen Dryer -- No Heat

[combo52]

Speed Queen Electric Dryer Heating Elements

Are completely accessible as soon as you remove the lower front panel of the dryer, it is a great and easy design to service as you don't have to move the dryer take the front off or remove the dryers drum to gain access.

 

It is however most unlikely that the terminal on the heating element is not damaged, but I guess that time will tell when the connection fails again and the owner has to replace the heater assembly at their expense.

 

[blackstone]

Dryer running all night?

My one comment on this thread is that a dryer should never be left running before going to bed, or before going out of the house. Anything unpredictable can happen, even in a relatively new appliance. Dryers do create heat, enough to start a fire. Consider yourself lucky.

Same goes for washing machines. Less likely to start a fire; more likely to cause a flood.

 

[rp2813]

Running all night

Oh, I agree 100%.  If that dryer was having the opposite problem, everybody in the household would have learned about it shortly after they dropped off to sleep.

 

Dave's daughter operates a licensed family daycare, and regulations require smoke alarms and every other safety feature imaginable.

 

[rp2813]

Yet another update

We were over at the kids' house to bring gifts and share some holiday "cheer" last night.  They informed us that the repair guy had come back and replaced the entire heating element.

 

They made it sound like Alliance reviewed the original repair and told the shop it wasn't an approved method of correcting the problem, and instructed them to go back out and install a new element.

 

Maybe that's why nobody wants to do warranty work on SQ machines -- they have to do what SQ wants or they end up making another trip.

 

I wonder if in reality the repair tech made a temporary fix until he could come back with a new element and make the proper repair.   These Gen-Xers aren't the best at comprehension or communication.