Hi all. DIY here. Electric Dryer (Kenmore Dryer - 796.61552.610) had been tripping the breaker sporadically over the past few months. Recently the dryer has stopped heating though it does still continues to spin and blow air.
Using a multimeter, I checked the double pole 30 amp breaker's voltage and it is fine. I checked for continuity (and ohms) on various dryer parts such as the high limit thermostats, thermister and heating coils. All seem fine.
I then checked the voltage on the 30-amp 3-wire surface mount outlet. The black side (left in the picture) read 123 while the red side (right in picture) read 2. Both together read 124. I did the same readings on the dry terminals with the same results.
I'm assuming the outlet is bad. I opened it up, removed all of the dust balls that were inside the outlet and took this photo. Is it possible for an outlet to malfunction without some sort of obvious looking issue? Or perhaps there is something obvious there that I'm not aware of. I'm not sure why the electrician (would have been around 20 years ago) taped the red wire. I'm assuming the dryer issue is actually an outlet issue but I don't want to change the outlet if I've overlooked something.
Thank you for any advice.
Using a multimeter, I checked the double pole 30 amp breaker's voltage and it is fine. I checked for continuity (and ohms) on various dryer parts such as the high limit thermostats, thermister and heating coils. All seem fine.
I then checked the voltage on the 30-amp 3-wire surface mount outlet. The black side (left in the picture) read 123 while the red side (right in picture) read 2. Both together read 124. I did the same readings on the dry terminals with the same results.
I'm assuming the outlet is bad. I opened it up, removed all of the dust balls that were inside the outlet and took this photo. Is it possible for an outlet to malfunction without some sort of obvious looking issue? Or perhaps there is something obvious there that I'm not aware of. I'm not sure why the electrician (would have been around 20 years ago) taped the red wire. I'm assuming the dryer issue is actually an outlet issue but I don't want to change the outlet if I've overlooked something.
Thank you for any advice.
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