If you need the heating element + sensor kit, here's the link to buy it: bens-appliances.com/collections/whirlpool-dryer/products/whirlpool-dryer-heating-element-optional-sensor-kit-279838-338134-3392519-279816

Ben and his channel: 1. Knowledgeable, credible and authentic. 2. Quality lighting and audio. 3. Articulate and probably have a formal education. 4. Provides original content to the universe of Buy-it-for-life (BIFL). 5. Humble and humorous. 6. Generous with his knowledge.

I'm 52 and thanks to people like you and my disdain for consumerism I've never had to pay for any appliance as most were a simple cheap issue and or in need of a thorough cleaning. Last summer I fixed and donated 56 window ACs as I consider those a quality of life appliance to elderly and children. Again, thanks for "donating" your knowledge to us out in TV land.

thank you ben you are a gentleman and scholar

You are a gift to the world and I hope your channel grows exponentially… you’re saving a lot of people money they might need for food or housing.

This video saved me hundreds of dollars . I paid $57 deliver included, for all the parts (I tested and two was bad but I went ahead and changed all of them). Heater is currently working like a champ! Thanks a million. When you own a home you have to be handy and willing to work on things yourself. Kudos!

Thank you for this video. I ran through the checklist you outlined and discovered the vent on the exterior of my home was complete clogged with lint. Saved me a lot of $$$

Thanks! Very thorough video. I found the timer bad. Last week, our Kenmore washer we purchased in 1998 died. I had seen your review of the Maytag Commercial so I got one from Lowe's. Then discovered the dryer wasn't heating. I really enjoy your videos and appreciate you sharing your knowledge.

I picked up a dryer at an auction. It wouldn't heat. watched this video, was an easy fix. Thanks Ben

Thank you for this video! We had called one tech that was supposed to come out yesterday, but never showed. We called another tech and they were going to charge $187 plus parts. We watched your video and found the broken part. It will arrive this coming week and only cost $27.

Thanks for this video. My dryer problem turned out to be the temperature limit fuse. Your guide made it a quick diagnosis and easy fix. Many thanks!

Thank you so much for this video! I have this exact dryer and because of you I was able to get it heating up again for $16 instead of having to buy a whole new dryer. Your explanations were EVERYTHING. Thank you!!

Ben, great video! Helped me to determine that my thermostat was bad. No reading at all. Went to your website and ordered the Thermo/High Temp Kit, Low Temp Thermo and the Heating Element! Much cheaper than purchasing a new dryer. Should be delivered next week. Thanks again!

Thanks to your video I finally found that pesky dead fuse, thanks for showing the complete flow that made it much easier. Before I kept looking at the wrong one.

Thanks. I found a bad sensor, called a local parts place and solved for $35. Your prices are better, but wife wanted it done today. great video!

Thank you! The instructions were incredibly helpful. The loss of video focus that occurred several times in this video was somewhat distracting.

Really informative video,only thing I could see different,would be to check voltage at the terminal block first,not last😊

Hey Ben - just used this video to troubleshoot my Maytag dryer. - Turns out I don't need an appliance repairman, I need new circuit breakers!! Your video was very helpful yet moved right along. Thanks so much!! - Geoff.

I followed this tutorial and found the heating element and thermostat to be bad, each of which is about $20 and should be here in a few days 🙌 Thanks for saving me a couple hundred dollars!

You are awesome, thank you for enabling us to fix our dryer ourselves!

Before you do any of this, flip the breaker on and off. I did all these steps (timer was not moving and no heat, but drum was still spinning w light on). Read on another post to flip the breaker. Bingo. Timer and heat came back (and no, breaker was not flipped on the panel).

This was a great video and helped me test most of the components. However, there is one section that was not very clear and that was in the section of the video beginning around 2 minutes where you are testing the dryer element. When I did this test I tested between the two terminals and I got continuity. However, when I touched the top pin on the thermostat I did not. However, it didn't occur to me at first to be a problem because you stated you can test either one. It would have been helpful if you had broken this into two tests. One for the element and one for the thermostat. I eventually figured it out but it was a bit confusing to me at first. Thanks for the great video however. Besides that small clarification, it was the best video and the most thorough I have seen to date.

Ben thank you so much for your help. ❤

Don't forget to flip the breaker before you unplug and plug back in... it will arc if you don't

Thanks man, your awesome for sharing this with us. I never have schematics or wiring diagrams when troubleshooting this stuff, but your videos are a big help. Wish you the best

I've watched this video several times and think I've found one ambiguity. Please comment. Did you put the wire back onto the heating element before testing the thermal cutoff (or high temp thermostat) ? I guess it doesn't matter? Saw a brief image of the wire back on the heating element. then later you took BOTH wires off the thermal cutoff . Could I also test it with zero wires connected to it?

Thanks bud you just fixed my Maytag Centennial 😁

This video is an INCREDIBLE resource that came at just the right time. One question: do you have a suggestion for a repair kit to buy that is compatible with this model? I purchased this one but was unable to resolve my dryers issue after replacing all 5 components with what came inside the kit. Additionally there is a “jumper cable” in the kit that supposedly connects the bottom right two elements, but I can’t figure out how to install it. Maybe that’s the issue or maybe I bought the wrong kit. Do you have a suggestion for a compatible kit to buy? Thank you for such a thorough and well done video!

Thank you for this video as it helped me get my dryer working again.

Very good content. Very comprehensive and helpful. Much Gratitude here from QC, Canada!

That’s my dryer in your thumbnail!

Thanks bro. You really saved my bacon!

I remember being able to buy just the metal connecting crimp (that part in the video attached to the wire which is then slid onto the terminal spade of the round black thermostat in the video) at Radio Shack years ago. You could get any kind of electrical connecting pieces there. I miss that store.

Thank you for the video, on my dryer the heating element was open

I have a Samsung dryer that grounded through the element wire before. I agree 1000% on the danger of the situation because, in my case, it wouldn't allow the dryer to complete the cycle and would run continuously until we stopped it.

Can you please direct me to the video on dryer/vent cleaning? For the life of me, I cannot find it.

Last part is the timer, most common part is the element itself, then thermal fuse, then thermostats

I have had the thermal fuse trip numerous times on our whirlpool. I have had to "reset" it by whacking it for lack of a better word on the back until it shows a reading again on the multimeter. Wife and kids keep leaving crap on top of the dryer and it ends up tripping it. I do have an issue where it's no longer drying as well as it used to I'll try opening it up. And cleaning it . I recently changed the belt after it snapped. We've had it at least a decade and I got it and a washer for 40 bucks used. Don't want a newer one.

Awesome teacher!

I ran these tests and at 2.47 you said that if it gives you a reading on the casing, it’s grounded to the cabinet - which could be dangerous. Mine did give a reading on the casing, but I’m not sure what you mean or what to do to fix it. Could you possibly elaborate?

So there is one last possibility if all the other parts are good. I've had the centrifugal switch on the motor short out and not allow the unit to heat.

Solid video. Checking the mains power and terminal block is sometimes the last thing people check but is more or less the usual spot of failure, and it’s the easiest to check lol. Loving the new content. Keep it up brother-in-appliances.

Man, this guy looks like Tobias Tissen, who is a Canadian hero. The similarity is uncanny!

I don't get a reading between my terminals. Are we supposed to do this with the cable plugged into the outlet?

Usually checking for power is the first order of business for me.

Thanks for the great instruction.

Great video I have a similar Maytag dryer . Will save this I case something happens

Do you have a link to the timer part?

Very helpful video. I tried to purchase parts and give you credit but cannot find Thermal Cutoff to Thermostat Part via your links.

Thanks!

Amazingly helpful and detailed thanks Ben!

Thank you Sir. We have a roper with 6 oval lights washer and it stops at spin. Will rinse and spin if i go to restart to rinse and spin.

My dryer just stopped heating up. My timer went bad over a year ago it would just run constantly until I turned it off. Could that be causing my issue now ?

Hey, if a dryer is taking longer to dry, is that a timer or heating element issue?

I called my local appliance repair shop. Recommended the heating coil and thermostat replacement kit, which comes with cycling thermostat. Over going through your steps. My only issue was with the cycling thermostat. When I took the purple wire connectors off and checked there I got no reading on my meter. So I’m guessing I need a whole kit?

Outstanding thank you sir the video was great

Great video but did I miss it you didn’t check that fuse with the little blue wires?

Is there a video for Maytag gas dryer not heating? Lint filter at front. Thanks!

Hi Ben, I get 10 ohms if I use the multimeter on both connecters of the heating element, but if I have one end of the multimeter at the top of the thermostat connector i get nothing. would this mean I don't need an element, just a thermostat?

What do you do if you've checked all this and everything is working? (With the exception of the last step with the electric terminal block. Mine doesn't have one. My dryer spins, but it doesn't heat.

Well done sir!

I have this, or a very similar Millenium version. The issue mine has is that, especially on large loads, the clothes are not quite dry, even when the timer is set to Auto Dry - "More dry". We clean out the lint trap after every use and clean the outside house vent cover. Is there a moisture sensor that needs to be cleaned/replaced? I didn't see it in your video. Thanks.

I have a 2 year old Maytag that stopped heating. Sometimes, I can move it a little and it'll heat but, not long. We checked all the receptors and on the cycling thermostat, the 2 red do not read anything. This is the only thing we found. Is this what we need to replace?

I have an electric dryer how do I find the right timer to order?

I replaced the 3 parts except for the fuse which tested ok. I ordered them from you and they arrived a day early. I ran it for a minute or two and it seems very hot is it because I had nothing wet in the dryer or could I have attached something incorrectly? I tried blowing out the vent tube and there is air coming out the outside vent, so I don't think there is a blockage anywhere. Appreciate your import. Thanks, Kathy.

My terminal block isn't reading the right numbers. I cycled the breakers and now the dryer won't even spin. What gives?

I have a very strange issue with my Maytag Bravo XL (gas) dryer. What would cause my gas dryer to run fine on air dry but as soon as I change it to low,medium or high heat it trips the breaker. Any help would be awesome especially since it’s only 6 years old. Thanks

Ordering the kit from you now, question, on the two purple wires on the cycling thermostat does it matter which one goes on which prong? Maybe forgot to take a pic lol. Thanks

I have went through these exact steps on this exact dryer, and everything has continuity and checked out, including 240 What do I check next?

Life saver.

Hello I have this kenmore dryer the problem was that the thermal fuse keeps blowing this is a 10 year old dryer, but I noticed that the coil was drooping an arcing on the metal so I believe that's why it's keeping blow thermal fuse. But also I'm new to appliance repair. but I heard because I'm buying Chinese parts it's not like the original part so it's going to keep blowing every 3 to 6 months because I'm not used the original part .it that true??? Let me know thx

Thanks so much! Sure made my life easier!

If A to C has no continuity but B to C does that just run the low heat setting and not high? Everything else is good

Having an issue with dryer that's almost identical except on the heating element it has an extra wire. A small orange wire. In your video I see it has the spot for it but no wire. In any case the dryer works if I detach the wire but doesn't if its attached. What is this wire for?

👍👍I got a Maytag 800 Series Brave top load washer. Contacted Maytag with no results. Issue is lately it started to give an OL code. It either does a short fill etc or it will fill up first then drain. There are no Resets. In a general what is best best to fix or repair? . I am single and machine is about 13 yrs old with a small to medium load about every 10 days. Big load 2X/year. Retail at the time was about $1050 CAN funds, so not exactly cheap. Worked perfectly until this happened. Just a mention.

How can you reset Maytag dryer to Factory Reset Settings? It takes 3-4 hours to dry.

What are your thoughts on a heat pump dryer?

If the dryer isn't plugged in how is it getting electricity to test for whatever you're testing for

Question Ben...My Maytag was running then we had a power outage ...2hrs at least..power came back for 2mins ...3 times. This evening ..tried to dry clothes and dryer runs but doesnt dry...no issues before and vents are clean...any suggestions?

OFF TOPIC. it was brought to my attention today that lg refrigerators that are being shipped from over seas have the wrong refrigerant installed from the factory. is this try?

What if we replace all the fuses the heating element and the timer and it still doesn’t heat?😢

No. If the timer doesn't test correctly, the contacts just need cleaned inside of it.

awesome man

always wondered why manufacturers put auto dry and timer minutes on the dial...isn't the ultimate goal to dry your clothes...i would think the dampness sensors would be more accurate than "guessing" the amount of minutes it takes to dry something...probably one less sensor to worry about

Don’t forget that it’s a Maytag in name only. It is made by Whirlpool and so is any dryer with that style and location of lint filter

Cool

What kind of dryer is this Maytag what

Altruism Ben. Thank you

Great knowledge but you really gotta work on focusing your camera on the subject

Question different ,,,GE WASHER, I FOUND OIL DOWND AGITEROR, THERE IS A OIL SEAL THAT GE ,,DO NOT SALE WHAT DO I DO,,,

I did everything on this list as well as making sure my breaker was good. Dryer still won't heat. Im so lost with this stupid dryer.

I have one of these dryers and it is borderline junk, don't buy it. First thing we noticed is that every time you clean the lint filter, a little grill on the outdoor exhaust is completely plugged up afterwards when you run it. Almost without fail. Now it is less than 2 years old and it's starting to play drum solos already, when the clothes are wet. I no longer trust the Maytag name at all anymore

50 amp breaker? Electric clothes dryer should be on a 30!

Your title does not even mention electric heat! I wasted my time!

SO HERE WE GO. YOUR VIDEO MAKES YOU $5.00 BUT YOUR VIDEO COST ME $300 IN JOBS A WEEK. THEN I GET THEIR AND THEY TORE IT APART AND MAKES MY LIFE WORSE. IF THE CONSUMER ISN'T A REPAIR TECH THEN THEY SHOULDN'T TRY THEY MESS IT UP WAY WORSE THEN IT WAS

Thanks!