How To Test Electric Dryer Door Switch

As a safety feature the dryer will not work with an open door.

How to test electric dryer door switch. If your dryer won t start press the door switch. A door switch is a simple on off mechanism that prohibits the dryer from operating when the door is open. The most frequent cause for a clothes dryer s failure to start is a malfunctioning door switch. While the reasons that your dryer isn t working could be numerous in most cases either the power is off or the dryer s start switch may be bad.

The dyer control panel depends on the correct signal from the door switch to know if the door is open or closed. Dryer door switches are a little over an inch long. How to test a dryer door switch with an ohmmeter. This video demonstrates how to test a three terminal switch on a gas or electric dryer.

Door switches get a great deal of hard use. It s not a good feeling when you load up your dryer with soggy clothes only to have the machine not turn on when you turn the start switch. How to test a dryer start switch. This video from sears partsdirect shows how to replace a broken door switch in some kenmore electric dryers.

Some door switches have only two metal prongs extending from the body while. The start switch door switch and selector switc. Many are white in color and all have metal prongs called terminals extending out from the body of the switch.