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

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?

Bigjeff218:::- Keepitsimplestupid has good ans. But left one out ( CHECK THE VENT GOING OUT Through THE WALL TO OUTSIDE <FOR BLOCKAGES ) Hello keepitsimplestupid::::: F.B.E.

FBE: Critters in the duct! I forgot about that one. I did mention it on someone else's post.

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.

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.

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.