sherod

We have a Kenmore dryer, about 13 years old. Flame won't come on.

Glow element heats up, cleaned the sensor window, and even tried shorting the window leads. Still no flame. It appears that one or more relays have failed on the gas valve.

Not much room to T/S, so anybody have any other guesses?

The schematic is missing from the unit. Is there any fusible links or the like that I may be missing?

Ed

gerry

They work on a dual stacked solenoid system.. If you take a piece of very thin metal (1/2" wide by 2 or 3 inches long and Thin) you can hold it over the electro-magnet on the control.. (you will see 2 little round things sticking up on the control).. 1 of them will buzz the metal (magnet on) and the 2nd one will buzz after the glow coil heats up, and you hear a big click (at this time the glow coil will stop glowing). if this is all happening then check that there is gas from the source.. and then check that the small gas regulators vent is not clogged.. (there is also a small gas valve right in front of the control).

One other thing to check is that the over temp sensor is not tripped... at the end of the tube at the top you will see a heat sensor.. Jump across that and see if it turns on.. if this is the problem once it turns on make sure that the flame is going down the tube and sucked into the back of the dryer.. If not and it is pushing back into the dryer then you will need to look into the vent hose for a restriction.. If you don't clear this it will just keep going off on the over temp..



You might also look very careful at the glow coil to make sure there is not a hot spot in it.. If you see a bright spot it indicates that the Glow coil is cracked.