10/7/2023 0 Comments Electric dryer heating element![]() GE has clamped their elements ends under a brass washer using a brass bolt, washer and brass nut, that worked to replace the new element. If you note the element manufacturers spot weld the crimped connection. They don't seem to have anything like this any more. I used to repair toasters and the supplier had a catalyst that welded the connection: when the element was re-energized it would heat the joint and weld it. However when I have done this, the splice failed in less then a month. Personally I feel the splice would only shorten the whole so little that it would still be within a safe current level. I have been repairing dryers for thirty years. A bad drum seal will let too much air come in and parallel the air flow and you still don't have enough air over the element. You have either a restricted vent system or a lint filter full of lint. It is not common but this problem does happen here and there.Īs an experienced home builder and electrician- I never repaired a heating element- just replaced it and made sure the earth leakage breaker and any other protection circuits are working properly.ĭryer elements usually fail because they don't have enough air flowing past them. ![]() In theory people want to say- yes its OK- because you just want to bridge a gap to conduct electricity- but nobody can tell you the long and short term outcomes of doing this so it is very risky. Thanks to the fact that all appliances have to be grounded it is most likely it tripped some circuit breakers and would do so every time the element turned on, and in turn saving your life. These things happen (i mean they break) because over time electrolysis and most likely caused by small fault during forging, and over time caused the element to corrode and increase the "frictional" electrical tension on the faulty area- increasing the rate of which that area gets damaged- until it snaps and makes a nasty short circuit inside your heating chamber. Heating elements are specially tempered metal rods that produce heat from electrical current (the metal needs certain values to make "friction" of electricity that passes) and the output is not a direct short circuit with a specific impedance.
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