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Old Oct 28, 2007, 05:50 PM
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18 yr old kenmore dryer

My dryer takes an extremely long time to dry. towels will take about 3 hours to dry. I have replaced the heating element before.

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Old Oct 28, 2007, 05:56 PM   #2  
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You have to look at a couple of things. If the exhaust air is too slow, you'll have trouble drying, so it could be that belt or friction on the fan/motor.

If the regulating sensor is covered in lint or bad, you'll get the same problem.

And last, but not least. If the drum isn't turning.

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Bigjeff218:::- Keepitsimplestupid has good ans. but left one out ( CHECK THE VENT GOING OUT THRU THE WALL TO OUTSIDE <FOR BLOCKAGES ) Hello keepitsimplestupid::::: F.B.E.
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FBE: Critters in the duct! I forgot about that one. I did mention it on someone else's post.
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bigjeff218-- My wife reminded me that we had a similar problem when our clothes would not dry. We had a fuse box (not breakers) and when they checked 1 of the 2 fuses for the 220 unit was blown. The dryer would run, but it took forever to dry clothes. Sometimes it's so easy to overlook the obvious. Good luck!! F.B.E.

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You have to look at a couple of things. If the exhaust air is too slow, you'll have trouble drying, so it could be that belt or friction on the fan/motor.

If the regulating sensor is covered in lint or bad, you'll get the same problem.

And last, but not least. If the drum isn't turning.

Make/model of dryer?
Thanks. I did clean out a quite a bit of lint feom the outside. Now I have to wait until I have enough laundry to see if that helps. I'll let you know.
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Bigjeff218:::- Keepitsimplestupid has good ans. but left one out ( CHECK THE VENT GOING OUT THRU THE WALL TO OUTSIDE <FOR BLOCKAGES ) Hello keepitsimplestupid::::: F.B.E.
Thanks. I did clean out a quite a bit of lint feom the outside. Now I have to wait until I have enough laundry to see if that helps. I'll let you know.
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