LG electric dryer spins no heat

[brockinfla]

Can anyone give me an idea what to look for or reset for an LG DLE8377 electric dryer that will not heat.

It spins and the bower motor runs, I just get no heat. I also have no error codes and everything seems to be in order.

I opened the machine up, lint traps are clear, heater elements look to be in tact no wires or contacts broken.

I do not have a service manual or know how to force the machine into diagnostics.

Any help or advice before i call a repair service, and cuss up a storm?

[Al Capone]

Hi,

Not a appliance technician myself, but here is your service manual for that model dryer.

DLE8377WM LG Dryer Service Repair Manual 46 pages, 7.87Mb

Take a look and see if the service manual helps. If not let us know.

Maybe one of our appliance techs will jump in with a word or two of advice.

[RegUS_PatOff]

It may be a bad Heating Element, or one of the Thermal Overload devices..

If you could test them with an OHM meter ...

[PARTech]

There is a thermal fuse and a bi-metal switch on the side of the element housing, there is also a bi-metal switch on the blower housing and all three can be checked with an ohm meter.  The bi-metal switches can be reset by putting them in the freezer, but they will then blow at lower temps so it is a temp fix at best.  If it is the fuse it will have to be replaced. Just be sure to check the element at the same time.