Hi
I was wondering if anyone on here can help me.
I was using my tumble dryer last night for about 3 hours. I stopped in mid cycle and emptied it as the towels were dry. The power button was off on the dryer but it was still plugged into the mains.
About 2 mins later, the machine then popped and tripped the power sockets in my utility room. I could also smell a "caps" type burning smell from the dryer.
I turned the power back on at the fusebox, and it was ok for about 5 mins, but then the dryer tripped all the power to the house and I could smell the caps smell again.
I've left the dryer over night and tried it again. It ran ok for about 2 mins then tripped the power to the sockets in utility room again and the caps burning smell was there. I took the towel out the machine and it was warm so I'm guessing the heater element is working to a certain point.
I now know I shouldn't of turned the dryer off mid cycle.
What is the most likely thing to be causing this? Could it be the thermostats on the heater element? I've took the back panel off the machine and cant see anything obvious.
All the filters/condenser are clean and are regularly cleaned.
The dryer works fine on "freshen up" mode where it just needs to blow cold air , not hot.
Many thanks in advance
I was wondering if anyone on here can help me.
I was using my tumble dryer last night for about 3 hours. I stopped in mid cycle and emptied it as the towels were dry. The power button was off on the dryer but it was still plugged into the mains.
About 2 mins later, the machine then popped and tripped the power sockets in my utility room. I could also smell a "caps" type burning smell from the dryer.
I turned the power back on at the fusebox, and it was ok for about 5 mins, but then the dryer tripped all the power to the house and I could smell the caps smell again.
I've left the dryer over night and tried it again. It ran ok for about 2 mins then tripped the power to the sockets in utility room again and the caps burning smell was there. I took the towel out the machine and it was warm so I'm guessing the heater element is working to a certain point.
I now know I shouldn't of turned the dryer off mid cycle.
What is the most likely thing to be causing this? Could it be the thermostats on the heater element? I've took the back panel off the machine and cant see anything obvious.
All the filters/condenser are clean and are regularly cleaned.
The dryer works fine on "freshen up" mode where it just needs to blow cold air , not hot.
Many thanks in advance
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