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Offline JWWebster

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Re: roper dryer runs motor runs as soon as you set it, no need to push start button
« Reply #15 on: December 08, 2009, 01:09:24 PM »
I would hate to see you buy a timer and still be stumped
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Re: roper dryer runs motor runs as soon as you set it, no need to push start button
« Reply #16 on: December 08, 2009, 01:18:21 PM »
DO YOU THINK IT COULD BE IN THE WIRING? nothing looks burned  and everthing tested ok at each of the conection points even the started switch that isnt even needed.i used 3 different meters just to be sure . 
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Re: roper dryer runs motor runs as soon as you set it, no need to push start button
« Reply #17 on: December 08, 2009, 01:57:24 PM »
Get a suicide cord and connect it directly to the neutral and the hot leg to the motor (the black side of the power terminal). Power up the cord with 120 and see if the motor will go. Who knows? Ya might have a bad pigtail.
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