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The quick answer is No. Our Hoover is several years old. It was bought when our Dyson DC1 packed in a while back. Dyson died after vacuuming up some plaster dust; the repair guy (in shop full of ailing Dysons) said they didn't like plaster dust and would need new motor for £40. I changed the...

Maybe I'm being a bit thick here! I'm pretty sure the element is dead. I would, however, expect there to be some power being sent in its direction - sufficient to give some sign of life on my meter while the machine is supposed to to be drying. But there was nothing. I don't want to replace...

That was my instinct - but will the power to the element reappear with a new one in?

A rather old thread - so I hope there's some connection to the living!! I'm trying to fix a WD860 which doesn't dry. - there is no error code - the drum turns and timer works - the fan motor is running - the heater element is not heating and there is no continuity (should be 48ohms?)...