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I will take a apart the dryer and test the thermostat someday soon, maybe that will bring me closer...

My Miele Gala T495 C has a new habit. It starts and spins normally, then hot air pours out of it along with steam, while the condensed water container remains empty. The clothes air very hot even if I run the 15 minute cold air cycle. Does anyone have any ideas on how I could debug this...

The thread continues... The same Miele Gala T495 C has a new habit. The machine starts and hot air pours out of it along with steam while the condensed water container remains empty. The clothes air very hot even if I run the 15 minute cold air cycle. Does anyone have any ideas on how I could...

I checked the switch, it was fine, looked into the pump, it was clean, vacuumed every corner, cleaned all the fluff out. Since the broken wire was unreachable from the outside of the heater, I completely took the element apart, crimped the two ends of wire with a piece of electrical...

I found this page dealing with the same problem: http://diy.stackexchange.com/questions/10218/my-dryer-heating-element-broke-in-two-can-i-just-wrap-the-ends-together According to what you say, and the other opinions, I don't see trying to repair it as a long term solution. Is there no way to...

Well the cheapest I found was 150 €, so I'll try to repair it for sure. Thank you for the instructions, it's not visiby sagging at all.

Is it possible that this was the cause of my problem in the first place one year ago? And we've been using it since. Could be that when we moved, the wire shook out of the position it was in, therefore not short circuiting it any longer, and it just fell back into it's original place now.

Yes of course, I'll clean as much as I can while I'm at this point. Can a break like this be fixed with some reconnection of the brocken bits, or only by replacing the entire length of wire?

If it's possible, I'll repair it, or have it repaired.

There was no continuity in one side of the element, and I finally found the cause of my problem. So I took the element apart A wood staple from a pallet, I usually collect them in my pockets, it seems this one hid in a wrinkle when I emptied my pocket.

I finally had some time to take the drum out, and to my surprise the heater isn't a ring heater. I marked the cables. Behold the inside of the back panel of the Miele T495C Gala. Then I removed the next plate, and the heater element. Now I can check the continuity.

Thank you very much for the instructions. I haven't had time to take it further apart, but with these tips I see that I'll be able to do it.

Thank you! That's very informative, I will give it a try once I have some time, in a couple of days. I will update, with some more photos then...

But I have removed those, I just do not know how to remove the drum, and haven't had time to jump into it yet.

The rear and side panel is one piece, so to get to the heater or the pump I need to remove the drum. I just don't know how to take the drum out.