How To Repair Heating Element In Dryer

The heating element in an electric clothes dryer is a coil of "resistance heating wire" composed of a (I suppose) nickle-chrome alloy (other possible alloys) . The ends appear to be mechanically continued to steel terminals.
I way to repair a break in heating wire is to supercede the full length of the wire. But is connecting two cleaved ends possible? In other words, how practise you prepare broken wire of this type?

I'm thinking nigh using a bolt and nut to connect a break. Will that work?

Post by **NeilP** » Nov 19 2013 5:21pm

I'd attempt clamping the broken ends between modest nut, fix spiral and a pair of washers

Post past **cassschr1** » Nov 19 2013 vi:21pm

Aye it works. Had a maytag with multiple cleaved spots , simply wound the spirals together no problem. Thier ideas will work good too.

Postal service by **Nehmo** » November 19 2013 6:30pm

cassschr1 wrote:...Thier ideas volition piece of work good likewise.

What ideas do they have?

Postal service by **dnmun** » November 19 2013 6:36pm

it would be best to only junk the electrical dryer and buy a gas dryer. that is much cheaper.

Post by **marty** » Nov nineteen 2013 vi:59pm

How much to buy a new heating element? That is what I would do. Call a local appliance parts place. Is there a female who uses this dryer? If yes? Ya better fix it or replace it quick!

Hanging clothes on a rope works skillful within or outside.

Post by **Hillhater** » November xix 2013 seven:05pm

Be careful of that repair, if there is a section missing or if the repaired element is much shorter than the original, information technology tin can get much hotter.
Apparel dryers ( Tumble dryers) are a major source of home fires.

Post past **bigmoose** » Nov 19 2013 seven:16pm

Those replacement elements are really cheap. I am using i in my coffee bean roaster, I think the entire matter was $20 plus shipping. You tin can buy simply the coiled nichrome wire fifty-fifty cheaper.

To make a splice, overlap the wires inside of a small piece of copper tubing. Crimp the tubing. The copper will not have resistance, and so it won't generate heat. It will acquit rut from the nichrome wire that is heating. As said, as the length gets shorter the wattage goes up. It is linear, and that coil is really long. I splice shouldn't matter.

Post by **gogo** » November 19 2013 7:28pm

dnmun wrote:it would be best to just junk the electric dryer and buy a gas dryer. that is much cheaper.

If you don't accept a gas line available, electricity can be cheap enough depending on rates. Its only $.0966 hither, so a scrap of a toss up. Our city electric utility just ok'ed switchover to gas from coal, and we burn the garbage at the institute, too.

gas hither is $one.06/100kbtu and electricity is $.eleven/kWh.

btu=.000293kWh, 100kbtu=29.3kWh.

29.3kWh= $3.22 for electrical heat. $1.06 for gas

depending on efficiency of the dryer, most 40kbtu to dry ane load of clothes

Mail by **bigmoose** » Nov 19 2013 9:51pm

Go to amazon. com and search on dryer heating element restring It will get over 10 hits. The elements are available for $xv bucks or then. Friction match your dryer, or match the voltage and wattage. Things should work out.

Postal service past **dogman dan** » Nov 20 2013 6:04am

I agree, just buy a new one, even though a repair might work. If you can't beget a new i, dry stuff outside.

If yous are in an apartment, just some other skillful reason to make a proper repair.

Post past **Lebowski** » Nov 20 2013 6:11am

but get the innards out of a small terminal cake ...

Mail by **Nehmo** » Nov 20 2013 3:20pm

Using a bolt & nut appears to have worked. (I used an unusual commodities & nut, but that's all it is.)
A new element retails for $twoscore, but one was on eBay for $21. The "restringing kit" was besides bachelor online for $25.
The commodities & nut method was quick and cheap. Dryers get plenty of vibration, then I'1000 not certain how long the repair will final.

Postal service by **dnmun** » November 20 2013 3:40pm

make sure the ground is functional. when i did that to my toaster the wire eventually warped over and contacted the grill that holds the toast so i would get a shock all the time when i used it after that. my toaster had a metal example and so information technology was fun to use and then.

if you put a ceramic standoff close to it or move the nut close to the ceramic standoff information technology should continue it from moving very far.

but if you own your business firm, go gas. it will save yous gazillions of buckos.

Post by **deronmoped** » December 03 2013 ii:08am

I accept found repairing things is so much amend then replacing the parts.

A lot of times the part is hard to find or non available, if you lot practice get the replacement part, sometimes information technology's not even like the stock function and you lot stop upwards modifying it, to get it to work. Then there is the problem with them sending y'all the wrong part and that happens fashion besides often. Then in that location is the downwards fourth dimension and the cost. Even if the part can be had without shipping, I take found I can set up it faster and then I can track the function downwards and run out and go it.

Heck, most people would just throw out the whole dryer, why carp even fixing it.

The last thing I fixed was a on/off switch in a old transistor radio. That was a major challenge, impossible for 99.999% of people, but a person feels like they conquered the Globe when they accomplish something they fifty-fifty questioned if they had the fortitude to fix.

Mail service by **biohazardman** » Dec 03 2013 2:37am

I repaired and elderly aunt'due south only source of heat by removing a brusk slice of broken element. It was connected to a screw by the manufacturer by sliding the wire in the slot and hammering information technology over. So I did the same. Repair lasted for a couple years till I replaced the complete wire the next time, consummate antiquated heater, with a new erstwhile stock 1, I happened across at the goodwill a couple years later on. Beingness able to repair things is good every bit long as ane empathize well enough to stay away from whatever dangerous deeds while doing so.

Postal service by **liveforphysics** » Dec 03 2013 3:55am

A proper crim barrel with a practiced cold-forging crimp tool is my weapon of selection for dealing with Nichrome wire connections.

Post by **sardini** » December 03 2013 3:06pm

liveforphysics wrote:A proper crim barrel with a good cold-forging crimp tool is my weapon of choice for dealing with Nichrome wire connections.

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